STANDARD COMPETENCIES:

 

 I.      Explain how the EMS system works and the citizen responder¿s role in the EMS system.

 II.     Explain what happens in the body if one or more body systems fail to function properly.

 III.    Identify and care for choking and other breathing emergencies.

 IV.     Identify the major risk factors for cardiovascular disease, and injury, and describe how to correct them.

 V.      Recognize the signals of a possible heart attack, and describe how to care for someone who is experiencing persistent chest pain.

 VI.     Identify the signals of cardiac arrest, and demonstrate how to provide cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) until advanced emergency medical care arrives.

 VII.    Identify life-threatening bleeding and demonstrate how to control it.

 VIII.   Identify shock, and describe how to minimize the effects of shock,

 IX.     Identify the signals of medical emergencies, including poisoning and heat and cold emergencies and describe both general and specific care for medical emergencies.

 X       Understand care for emergency childbirth.

 XI.     Be knowledgeable of drug abuse and psychiatric emergencies.

 XII.    Describe when and how to move a victim in an emergency situation

 TOPICAL OUTLINE:

 

 I.      Introduction

 II.     Health precautions and guidelines

 III.    Breathing emergencies

 IV.     Rescue breathing

 V.      Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation

 VI.     Shock

 VII.    Bleeding

 VIII.   Burns

 IX.     Heat & Cold Emergencies

 X       Medical Emergencies

 XI.     Sudden Illnesses

 XII.    Drug Abuse

 XIII.   Emergency childbirth

 XIV.    Psychiatric Emergencies