Course Syllabus
College of Education
Department of Physical Education and Recreation
Winona State University
Course Number: PER 214
Number of Semester Hours: 2
Prerequisite: None
Instructor: Bruce Carpenter
Email Address: bcarpenter@winona.edu
Office Hours: M 1-4pm; W 9:30-10:30, T/TH 9:30-12:30
Course Title: Standard First Aid/CPR
Class Time: M/W 8:00-8:50
Class Room: Memorial 210
Office Phone: 457-5694
Office: MW Stadium 402
The following are the University studies outcomes. The outcomes are referenced within the text of the
syllabus:
Outcome #1: Learn skills that will improve the quality and length of their lives.
Outcome #2: Make proactive choices that lead to a healthier lifestyle.
Outcome #3: Explore dimensions of personal health promotion and disease prevention.
Outcome #4: Attain skills necessary to make critical decisions regarding health related issues.
Outcome #5: Understand health as multidimensional, involving the whole person’s relationship to the total
environment.
Outcome #7: Become intelligent consumers of good healthy habits and information.
Outcome #10: Become accountable for their health and leisure choices and the impact of those choices on
self, others and environment.
I.
Catalog Description
Accident scene management, victim assessment and basic life support, injury management
and victim care knowledge and practice are emphasized. Certification can be earned. Grade
only.
II.
Major Focus and Objectives of the Course
The major focus of this course is directed toward supplying the student with essential
information for the development of student’s First Aid/CPR knowledge, practical skill and
ability as well as informed personal judgment as it relates to emergency situations (injury or
illness).
Upon completion of the course, participants will be prepared through informed knowledge
and skill development to meet the needs of emergency First Aid/CPR situations and care as
needed until trained medical assistance becomes available.
III.
Course outline of major topics and sub-topics.
A. Introduction to first Aid
i. Healthy Lifestyles (Outcome #2, 3, 5, 7, 10)
ii. If not you… Who? (Outcome #2)
iii. Taking Action (Outcome #2)
iv. Before Giving Care
1. Disease prevention (Outcome#3)
B. Body systems (Outcomes #3,7)
i. Skeletal
ii. Muscular
iii. Circulatory
iv. Respiratory
v. Digestive
vi. Urinary
vii. Endocrine
viii. Nervous
ix. Skin
C. Victim Assessment (Outcomes #1,4)
i. Checking an unconscious victim
ii. Checking conscious victims
D. Respiratory Emergencies (Outcomes #1, 4)
i. Conscious choking (Methods and procedures)
1. Adult
2. Child
3. Infant
ii. Rescue breathing (Methods and procedures)
1. Adult
2. Child
3. Infant
E. Cardiac Emergencies and Unconscious choking(Outcomes #1, 4)
i. Causes of cardiac difficulties
ii. Method and procedure of CPR
1. Adult
2. Child
3. Infant
iii. AED (Overview)
1. Adult
2. Child
3. Infant
F. Bleeding and Shock (Outcomes #1, 4)
i. Shock due to severe bleeding
ii. Wounds
1. Definition
2. Causes
3. Effects
4. Open wounds
a. Abrasions
b. Avulsions
c. Punctures
5. First aid for open wounds
a. Elevation
b. Pressure bandages
6. Infection
a. Symptoms
b. Care
7. Bites
a. Animals
b. Humans
8. Closed wounds
a. Symptoms
b. Care
O. Injuries (Outcomes #1,4)
iii. Soft tissue
iv. Musculoskeletal
v. Injuries to extremities
vi. Splinting
vii. Head, Neck, Back, Chest, Abdomen, and Pelvic injuries
P. Sudden Illness (Outcomes 1, 4)
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
f.
g.
h.
IV.
Fainting
Diabetic emergencies
Seizure
Shock or transient ischemic attack (TIA)
Care
Poisoning (#2,3,5,10)
i. Definition
ii. Causes
iii. Ingested poisons
1. Signs and Symptoms
2. Care
iv. Inhaled poisons
1. Signs and symptoms
2. Care
v. Contact Poisons
1. Signs and symptoms
2. Care
Substance abuse and misuse
i. Definitions
1. Drug misuse
2. Drug abuse
3. Definitions
4. Classifications of drugs
Heat and cold related emergencies
i. Signs and symptoms
ii. Frostbite
1. Early stages
2. Late stages
3. Care
iii. Heat Exhaustion
iv. Heat Stroke
v. Heat Cramps
Basic Instructional Plan and Methods
The Standard First Aid and CPR course contains a number of units. Each
unit calls for a presentation of specific information on a subject or subjects
and class participation in some type of activity, such as seeing or taking part
in a demonstration or discussion, studying text material, being evaluated,
carrying out skill development and practice solving problems or viewing
slides, transparencies, charts, films, etc.
The instructor will follow the teaching outline in the Instructor Manual for this
course. Each unit contains the following information prior to the subject
matter:
1.
Unit objectives: this gives the desired learning outcome for the student based on
knowledge, skill and behavioral objectives.
2.
Material and equipment: these are classroom support aids and practice session
aids (slides, transparencies, mannequins, etc.)
3.
Textbook references: this section gives the textbook chapter
number, name pages on which the unit is based.
V.
Course Requirements
A. Written Unit Exams: There are two written exams. In order to successfully complete the
course (to receive certification) the participant must correctly answer at least 80 percent or
better in the following written exams:
1. CPR
2. First Aid
B. In order to successfully complete the course (to receive certification) the participant must
participate in all skill sessions and scenarios which include the following sections:
1.
2.
3.
4.
VI.
First Aid
Adult CPR
Child CPR
Infant CPR
METHODS OF EVALUATION
Letter grades are calculated based on the performance indicators above according to the
following scale: participants must get an 80% or higher to pass this course.
Points
90% <
89% - 80%
79% - 70%
69% - 60%
59% >
Grade
A
B
C
D
F
Based on course requirements above
Class attendance and weekly quizzes will be worth 40% of final grade
Written exams and the completion of all skill checklists will be worth 60% of final grade
VII.
TEXTBOOK
First Aid – Responding to Emergencies (4th Edition).
VIII.
LIST OF REFERENCES AND BIBLIOGRAPHY
Advanced First Aid and Emergency Care - American Red Cross
First Aid Principles and Procedures - Docarmo and Patterson
First Aid for Health Emergencies - Hafen and Peterson
First Aid and Emergency Rescue - Erven
First Aid: Contemporary Practices and Principles - Hafen, Thygerson and Peterson