American Red Cross Responding to Emergencies: Comprehensive First Aid Course Presentations
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Part One: Introduction
- Lesson 1: Introduction
- Lesson 2: Healthy Lifestyles
- Lesson 3: If Not You…Who?
- Lesson 4: Taking Action
- Lesson 5: Before Giving Care
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Part Two: Assessment
- Lesson 6: The Human Body
- Lesson 7: Checking an Unconscious Person
- Lesson 8: Checking a Conscious Person
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Part Three: Life-Threatening Emergencies
- Lesson 9: Cardiac Emergencies
- Lesson 10: CPR—Adult
- Lesson 11: CPR—Child
- Lesson 12: CPR—Infant
- Lesson 13: AED—Adult
- Lesson 14: Adult AED Skill Practice and Scenarios
- Lesson 15: AED—Child and Infant
- Lesson 16: Child AED Skill Practice and Scenarios
- Lesson 17: Breathing Emergencies
- Lesson 18: Conscious Choking—Adult and Child
- Lesson 19: Conscious Choking—Infant
- Lesson 20: Unconscious Choking—Adult and Child
- Lesson 21: Unconscious Choking—Infant
- Lesson 22: Bleeding
- Lesson 23: Internal Bleeding/Shock
- Lesson 24: Putting It All Together (Introduction, Assessment and Life-Threatening Emergencies
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Part Four: Injuries
- Lesson 25: Soft Tissue Injuries I
- Lesson 26: Soft Tissue Injuries II/Musculoskeletal Injuries I
- Lesson 27: Musculoskeletal Injuries II and Splinting
- Lesson 28: Injuries to the Head, Neck and Spine
- Lesson 29: Injuries to the Chest, Abdomen and Pelvis
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Part Five: Medical Emergencies
- Lesson 30: Sudden Illnesses I
- Lesson 31: Sudden Illnesses II/Poisoning
- Lesson 32: Sudden Illnesses III/Bites and Stings
- Lesson 33: Sudden Illnesses IV/Substance Abuse and Misuse
- Lesson 34: Heat-Related Illnesses and Cold-Related Illnesses
- Lesson 35: Putting It All Together II/Injuries and Sudden Illnesses
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Part Six: Special Situations
- Lesson 36: Water-Related Emergencies
- Lesson 37: Pediatric, Older Adult and Special Situations
- Lesson 38: Emergency Childbirth
- Lesson 39: Disaster, Remote and Wilderness Emergencies I
- Lesson 40: Disaster, Remote and Wilderness Emergencies II
- Lesson 41: Putting It All Together III Course Review
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