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ADVANCED FIRST AID
HSCI 3372
REQUIRED TEXT BOOK:
First Aid For Colleges and Universities Eighth Edition
Karren, Haffen, Limmer, & Mistovich (2004).
COURSE DESCRIPTION:
The purpose of this course is to prepare students to prevent/minimize the consequences of injury or sudden illness until professional help arrives.
Course Broad Objective: This course is designed to train laypersons to
respond appropriately to emergency situations. The course will provide
emergency skills necessary to help sustain life, reduce pain, and minimize
the results of injury and or sudden illness.
COURSE OBJECTIVES:
At the end of this course students are provided with the skills and knowledge to:
- Identify emergency situations and respond until help arrives
- Explain what happens in the body if one or more systems fail to function properly
- Identify the signs of cardiac arrest and demonstrate how to provide cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) until advanced emergency medical care arrives for infants, children, and adults
- Identify life-threatening bleeding and demonstrate how to control it
- Identify the signals of various soft tissue and musculoskeletal injuries and demonstrate how to care for them
- Describe when and how to move an individual in an emergency situation
- Identify the signs and symptoms of shock, and describe how to
minimize its effects.
- Identify the signs and symptoms of sudden illness, including
poisoning, bites and stings, and heat and cold emergencies, and
describe how to care for them.
- Identify the signs and symptoms of breathing emergencies, including
choking, and demonstrate how to provide rescue breathing and first
aid for choking.
- Identify the major risk factors of cardiovascular disease and describe
how to minimize them.
- Recognize the signs and symptoms of a possible heart attack, and
describe how to care for someone who is experiencing persistent chest
pain.
- Explain how the EMS system works and the citizen responder's role
in the EMS system, including how and when to call EMS personnel
CERTIFICATION:
Students will be able to gain certification upon completion of this course either by coming to the UALR campus on the scheduled date or by fulfilling training requirements through the American Heart Association or Red Cross.
This is an online course for advanced first aid. Students should not attempt to perform any of these procedures until they have practiced and completed the certification process!
GRADING SCALE:
90-100% = A
80 - 89% = B
70 - 79% = C
60 - 69% = D
59% AND LOWER = F
How to figure your grade when components are “weighted” differently:
Example: Quizzes 5%; 16 quizzes at 25 pts each… 400 total points possible for quizzes
Your total: 300 points
1. Figure the percentage you have made of the total points for quizzes: 300/400=75%
2. Multiply that per cent by the weight of quizzes: 75 X .05= 3.75 pts
3. When weighted the points possible for quizzes would be 5: 100% X .05= 5.
4. You have 3.75 percentile points
5. You would figure each component in this manner.
6. Total of component percentile points= 100
GRADING POLICY:
Grading will be based on the following activities:
Discussions 25%
Assignments 25%
Quizzes 20%
Exams 30%
CAVEAT:
The above schedule and procedures are subject to change in the event of extenuating circumstances. Students will be notified of any changes made in the course through WebCT email. Students are responsible for regularly checking their email (at least 3 times a week)!
STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES:
Disability Support Services: It is the policy of UALR to accommodate students with disabilities, pursuant to federal law and state law. Any student with a disability who needs accommodations, for example in arrangement for seating, examinations, note-taking should inform the instructor at the beginning of the course. It is also the policy and practice of UALR to make web-based information accessible to students with disabilities. If you, as a student with a disability, have difficulty accessing any part of an online course materials for this class, please notify the instructor immediately. The chair of the department offering this course is also available to assist with accommodations. Students with disabilities are encouraged to contact Disability Support Services, telephone (501) 569-3143 or on the web at www.ualr.edu/dssdept/.
