RANGER COLLEGE
PHED 1306
SYLLABUS
COURSE NUMBER TITLE: PHED 1306 First Aid
CREDIT HOURS: 3 HRS/WK
Name of Instructor: Shanna U. Moody
Email Address: smoody@rangercollege.edu
Office Hours: By appointment Office Phone: 254-968-0762(office) 254-216 - 0530(cell)
I.
CATALOG DESCRIPTION
To help participants recognize and respond appropriately to cardiac, breathing and first
aid emergencies This course teaches skills that participants need to know to give
immediate care to a suddenly injured or ill person until more advanced medical personnel
arrive and take over.
II.
REQUIRED BACKGROUND/PREREQUISITES
None.
III
REQUIRED TEXTBOOK
American Red Cross – Responding to Emergencies: Comprehensive First Aid/CPR/AED
IV.
METHODS OF INSTRUCTION
Material will be covered by: group and student activities, instructor lectures, handouts,
audio visual material, library research, guest speakers, and internet research.
V.
COURSE OBJECTIVES
» Explain the three emergency action steps to follow in an emergency situation.
» Learn the four life-threatening conditions for which you should check
» Evaluate lifestyles using the Healthy Lifestyles Awareness Inventory and
be familiar with the factors that have an impact on behavior modification.
» Recognize the signals of a heart attack.
» Be able to describe your role in an emergency situation.
» Explain when and how to call 9-1-1 or the local emergency number
» Describe how to minimize the risk of disease transmission when giving care
» Learn the cardiac chain of survival for a victim of cardiac arrest.
» Learn the precautions for using and AED.
» Demonstrate how to use basic precautions when caring for victims of breathing
and cardiac emergencies.
» Demonstrate how to check an unconscious adult.
» Demonstrate how to care for a conscious and an unconscious choking adult.
» Demonstrate how to give CPR to an adult.
» Demonstrate how to use an AED for an adult in cardiac arrest.
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VI.
VII.
COURSE OUTLINE:
A. If not you… Who?
B. Responding to Emergencies
C. Before Giving Care: Standard
Precautions
D. The Human Body ad how to
respond to it
E. Checking a Victim
F. Cardiac Emergencies
G. Breathing Emergencies
H. Bleeding Shock
I. Soft Tissue Injuries
J. Musculoskeletal Injuries
K. Injuries to the Extremities
L.
M.
N.
O.
P.
Q.
R.
S.
T.
U.
V.
Spinal Injuries
Internal Injuries
Sudden Illnesses
Poisoning
Bites and Stings
Substance Abuse and Misuse
Heat and Cold Related
Emergencies
Water Related Emergencies
Special Populations
Emergency Childbirth
Disaster Response
EVALUATIONS
A. Daily Work (Quizzes, Assignments, Attendance) = 60% The daily work will
consist of assignments which will be done at the end of class. These assignments
will come from material covered in class or handouts. There will be periodic
quizzes covering the lecture material. Attendance will be taken every day and
counted toward this 60%.
B. Skill Scenarios = 20% The skill scenarios will require you to correctly respond to
verbal scenarios given regarding emergency situations.
C. Final Exam=20%The final exam will be comprehensive. It will be objective. The
review will take place the last class period of the semester.
VIII. ABSENCES AND MAKEUP WORK
A. Statistics have proven that class attendance is essential to learning. Attend Class.
B. The will be NO makeup work on daily assignments or quizzes.
C. The final can be made up, if and only if, the student has an excused absence for
that particular day of class, and makes up the test within one week of the date the
test was given.
IX.
ADA Statement: Ranger College provides a variety of services for students with
learning and/or physical disabilities. The student is responsible for making the
initial contact with the Ranger College Counselor. It is advisable to make this
contact before or immediately after the semester begins.
X.
EQUAL OPPORTUNITY STATEMENT:
ADMISSIONS, EMPLOYMENT, AND PROGRAM POLICIES OF RANGER COLLEGE
ARE NONDISCRIMINATORY IN REGARD TO RACE, CREED, COLOR, SEX, AGE,
DISABILITY, AND NATIONAL ORIGIN.
XI.
SUPPORT SERVICES
(LRC) The Golemon library and Learning Resources Center of Ranger College serve all students
of Ranger College. The (LRC) is sufficient for the students out of class room needs for this
course.
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PHED 1306
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