I. General Information
1. Course Title:
AHA Healthcare Provider CPR
2. Course Prefix & Number:
EMTS 1130
3. Course Credits and Contact Hours:
Credits: 1
Lecture Hours: 1
Lab Hours: 0
4. Course Description:
This course in cardiopulmonary resuscitation is a combination of artificial respiration and artificial circulation. The student will learn to recognize respiratory and cardiac arrest and provide basic life support with use of an AED (automated external defibrillators) until advanced life support is available. American Heart Association Certification will be given on successful course completion. Course is offered on demand.
5. Placement Tests Required:
| Accuplacer (specify test): |
No placement tests required |
Score: |
|
6. Prerequisite Courses:
EMTS 1130 - AHA Healthcare Provider CPR
There are no prerequisites for this course.
9. Co-requisite Courses:
EMTS 1130 - AHA Healthcare Provider CPR
There are no corequisites for this course.
II. Transfer and Articulation
1. Course Equivalency - similar course from other regional institutions:
- MTC: Health 1456 - BLS CPR, 1 credit
- SCTCC: EMSC 1480 - AHA BLS for Healthcare Provider, 1 credit
IV. Learning Outcomes
1. College-Wide Outcomes
| College-Wide Outcomes/Competencies |
Students will be able to: |
| Demonstrate oral communication skills |
Communicate patient condition to emergency health care providers. |
| Assess alternative solutions to a problem |
Use alternative method to open airway when head tilt chin lift contradicted. |
| Apply ethical principles in decision-making |
Make the decision to help someone in need. |
| Work as a team member to achieve shared goals |
Work together with others involved to accomplish effective CPR and AED use. |
2. Course Specific Outcomes - Students will be able to achieve the following measurable goals upon completion of
the course:
- Perform one and two person CPR on adult, child, and infant successfully;
- Apply and operate an AED to an individual;
- Recognize signs and assist when an adult, child or infant is choking (conscious and unresponsive);
- Acknowledge an emergency is present, intervene, and help; and
- Recognize the signs of a heart attack and stroke.
V. Topical Outline
Listed below are major areas of content typically covered in this course.
1. Lecture Sessions
- CPR for adults –Basic overview, chest compressions, opening airway and Compression:Ventilation Ratio
- CPR for children ( 1 year of age to puberty)-Modifications for children, CPR for low heart rate in pediatric patients.
- Adult and child bag mask technique and rescue breathing – One and two rescuer
- 2-rescuer CPR for adults and children
- Automated External Defibrillator – Principles of early defibrillation, use on a child, 4 steps of use.
- CPR for infants – 1 and 2 rescuer
- Relief of choking – Conscious and unconscious
- Special considerations – Safety, Recovery position
- The big picture – Chain of survival
2. Laboratory/Studio Sessions
- 1-Rescuer Adult CPR
- 2-Rescuer Adult CPR and AED
- 2 Rescuer Child CPR and AED
- 1-Rescuer Infant CPR
- 2-Rescuer Infant CPR
- Adult/Child Relief of choking
- Infant Relief of choking
I. General Information
1. Course Title:
AHA Healthcare Provider CPR
2. Course Prefix & Number:
EMTS 1130
3. Course Credits and Contact Hours:
Credits: 1
Lecture Hours: 1
Lab Hours: 0
4. Course Description:
This course in cardiopulmonary resuscitation is a combination of artificial respiration and artificial circulation. The student will learn to recognize respiratory and cardiac arrest and provide basic life support with use of an AED (automated external defibrillators) until advanced life support is available. American Heart Association Certification will be given on successful course completion. Course is offered on demand.
5. Placement Tests Required:
| Accuplacer (specify test): |
No placement tests required |
Score: |
|
6. Prerequisite Courses:
EMTS 1130 - AHA Healthcare Provider CPR
There are no prerequisites for this course.
9. Co-requisite Courses:
EMTS 1130 - AHA Healthcare Provider CPR
There are no corequisites for this course.
II. Transfer and Articulation
1. Course Equivalency - similar course from other regional institutions:
- MTC: Health 1456 - BLS CPR, 1 credit
- SCTCC: EMSC 1480 - AHA BLS for Healthcare Provider, 1 credit
III. Course Purpose
IV. Learning Outcomes
1. College-Wide Outcomes
| College-Wide Outcomes/Competencies |
Students will be able to: |
| Demonstrate oral communication skills |
Communicate patient condition to emergency health care providers. |
| Apply ethical principles in decision-making |
Make the decision to help someone in need. |
| Work as a team member to achieve shared goals |
Work together with others involved to accomplish effective CPR and AED use. |
2. Course Specific Outcomes - Students will be able to achieve the following measurable goals upon completion of
the course:
- Perform one and two person CPR on adult, child, and infant successfully;
- Apply and operate an AED to an individual;
- Recognize signs and assist when an adult, child or infant is choking (conscious and unresponsive);
- Acknowledge an emergency is present, intervene, and help; and
- Recognize the signs of a heart attack and stroke.
V. Topical Outline
Listed below are major areas of content typically covered in this course.
1. Lecture Sessions
- CPR for adults –Basic overview, chest compressions, opening airway and Compression:Ventilation Ratio
- CPR for children ( 1 year of age to puberty)-Modifications for children, CPR for low heart rate in pediatric patients.
- Adult and child bag mask technique and rescue breathing – One and two rescuer
- 2-rescuer CPR for adults and children
- Automated External Defibrillator – Principles of early defibrillation, use on a child, 4 steps of use.
- CPR for infants – 1 and 2 rescuer
- Relief of choking – Conscious and unconscious
- Special considerations – Safety, Recovery position
- The big picture – Chain of survival
2. Laboratory/Studio Sessions
- 1-Rescuer Adult CPR
- 2-Rescuer Adult CPR and AED
- 2 Rescuer Child CPR and AED
- 1-Rescuer Infant CPR
- 2-Rescuer Infant CPR
- Adult/Child Relief of choking
- Infant Relief of choking