(age 15 and up)

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The course will present

Describe how to recognize an emergency and size up the scene.
■■ Explain how to activate and work with the emergency medical services (EMS) system.
■■ Understand legal concepts as they apply to lay responders, including consent and the purpose
of Good Samaritan laws.
■■ Identify how to reduce the risk of disease transmission when giving care.
■■ Demonstrate how to check a person who is responsive for life-threatening and
non-life-threatening conditions.
■■ Explain how to check an injured or ill person who appears to be unresponsive.
■■ Recognize the signs and symptoms of a heart attack, and describe appropriate first aid care for
a person who is showing these signs and symptoms.
■■ Describe the links in the Cardiac Chain of Survival.
■■ Demonstrate CPR and use of an automated external defibrillator (AED) for a person who is in
cardiac arrest.