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 Department:    APPRC

 Course #:    90

 Credits:    1

 Variable:     No

 IUs:    1

 CIP:    460201

 EPC:    n/a

 REV:    2024

 Course Description  

Designed to assist UBC members' response in a medical emergency. The course is conducted through the UBC International Training Center and AAOS (American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons)- an objectives-driven, skill-based training program. The student is required to meet the knowledge and skill objectives listed in this program to receive an initial certification card - valid 2 years.

 Prerequisite  

Prerequisite: None.

Contact Hours (based on 11 week quarter)

Lecture: 11

Lab: 0

Other: 0

Systems: 0

Clinical: 0

Intent: Distribution Requirement(s) Status:  

Vocational Supplementary Elective  

Equivalencies At Other Institutions

Learning Outcomes

After completing this course, the student will be able to:

1. Explain the priority of personal safety when responding to an emergency situation, and demonstrate the correct method for removal of contaminated gloves.
2. Identify how to activate emergency medical services, and describe & perform the steps of a primary assessment for an unresponsive person.
3. Explain how to protect the airway of an unresponsive, breathing victim and describe the steps of a primary assessment for a responsive victim.
4. Describe and/or demonstrate how to recognize and provide first aid treatment for severe bleeding; shock; a head, neck, or back injury; a swollen, painful, deformed limb; a burn; a person with an altered mental status; a stroke; asthma, breathing difficulty or shortness of breath; a severe allergic reaction; a pain, severe pressure, or discomfort in the chest; poisoning; and heat and cold-related emergencies.
5. Correctly demonstrate how to perform external chest compressions and rescue breaths using a CPR mask or shield.
6. Describe the steps for safely attaching and correctly operating an automated external defibrillator (AED).
7. Describe how to recognize and provide first aid treatment for choking.

General Education Learning Values & Outcomes

Revised August 2008 and affects outlines for 2008 year 1 and later.

Course Contents

1. Personal safety when responding to an emergency situation and correct method for removal of contaminated gloves.
2. How to activate emergency medical services and the steps of a primary assessment for an unresponsive person.
3. How to protect the airway of an unresponsive, breathing victim and the steps of a primary assessment for a responsive victim.
4. How to recognize and provide first aid treatment for severe bleeding; shock; a head, neck, or back injury; a swollen, painful, deformed limb; a burn; a person with an altered mental status; a stroke; asthma, breathing difficulty or shortness of breath; a severe allergic reaction; a pain, severe pressure, or discomfort in the chest; poisoning; and heat and cold-related emergencies.
5. How to perform external chest compressions and rescue breaths using a CPR mask or shield.
6. Steps for safely attaching and correctly operating an automated external defibrillator (AED).
7. How to recognize and provide first aid treatment for choking.