A medically based program, following the same priorities of care used by professional rescuers and
Emergency Medical Services (EMS) personnel. This course assumes EMS is readily available and in place to support the Emergency Responder's care.
Topics covered include scene assessment, airway management, rescue breathing, circulation checks, chest compressions, shock management, conscious choking adults, and serious bleeding management.
The course provides training in the emergency care for most life-threatening situations. Training in the use of Automated External Defibrillators (AEDs) is addressed during this course.
Materials included: Student Manual, Video, Personal First Aid pack with barriers, Completion Card.
Again, a medically based program, but now the focus is on the non-life threatening conditions, with emphasis on basic first aid, patient illness and injury assessment, bandaging and splinting.
This course teaches the layperson to provide emergency care to a sick or injured child. Infant and Child Rescue Breathing and CPR are covered. The course content focuses on primary and secondary care for children (one to eight years old) and infants (less than one year old). Participants do not need to have previous CPR or first aid training, although those who do will find the course a good refresher for general emergency care skills.
Materials included: Student Manual, Course DVD, Completion Card.
Appropriate for the majority of workplace environments, this course ensures fundamental cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR), first aid, and emergency care skills for the occupational first aid provider. The course also ensures that employers and employees meet OSHA and other federal and state regulatory requirements for CPR and first aid training.
Materials included: Student Guide, Wallet Skill Guide Card, Home Emergency Plan, Certificate of Recognition, and Successful Completion Card.
Individuals who already possess reasonable knowledge and skills of the program material can use the Challenge Option for Medic First Aid Basic. This involves completing a random set of Performance Evaluations and a Written Knowledge Review. A Challenge provides no instruction in the knowledge and skills. Anyone who wishes to take the Challenge must prepare adequately by studying the materials provided when enrolling.
This course presents training designed to educate the general public to recognize possible aquatic related injuries and the provide emergency oxygen first aid while activating the local EMS and/or arranging for evacuation to the nearest medical facility.
The course consists of classroom discussion and a skills development portion, where the use and deployment of various oxygen systems are dicsussed.
Materials included: Student Guide, Course Video, completion card and certificate.
This course represents entry-level training designed to educate the general diving (and qualified non-diving) public to better recognize possible
dive-related injuries and to provide emergency oxygen first aid while activating the local EMS and/or arranging for evacuation to the nearest medical facility.
The signs and symptoms of Decompression Sickness and Arterial Gas Embolism are discussed during the classroom portion, followed by skills development in the use of three different mask options for delivering emergency oxygen to an injured diver.
Materials included: Student Guide, Non-rebreather mask, certification card and certificate.
This course represents entry-level training for the genral diving (and qualified non-diving) public to identify hazardous marine life, to recognize possible injuries caused by hazardous marine life, to provide first aid for these injuries and ways to avoid these injuries.
Materials included: Student Guide, completion card and certificate.
Learn how to conduct a neurological assessment on a potentially injured diver in this course. The information gained in this assessment can help convince a diver of the need for oxygen first aid, and help a dive physician determine the proper treatment.
The remote nature of dive accidents, whether a few hours from shore or days from civilization, frequently requires more advanced levels of care than are offered by traditional or entry-level CPR programs. This is a healthcare provider-level basic life support program. Called Basic Life Support for Dive Professionals (BLSPRO), this program is ideal for dive professionals and divers interested in understanding professional-level resuscitation techniques. This program is designed to be applicable to the diving market, including scenes and scenarios from dive situations, as well as the non-diving/healthcare market. This program also addresses basic life support skills for adults, children and infants. Skills learned in this program that set it apart from lay-provider level CPR courses include: