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1)  First Aid/CPR/AED for Schools and Community Participant's Manual - 652145 - ($14.99)
2)  First Aid/CPR/AED for Schools and Community DVD - 652146 - ($164.99)
3)  Lay Responder First Aid and CPR/AED Instructor Kit - 656696 - ($39.58)
4)  Adult CPR/AED Skills Card - 656591 - ($7.25)
5)  First Aid Skills Card - 656692 - ($6.99)
6)  Infant and Child CPR Skills Card - 656695 - ($7.25)
7)  First Aid/CPR/AED for the Workplace, Schools and the Community Instructor's Manual and CD ROM - 656693 - ($23.99)
8)  CPR Student Training Kit (pkg/100) - 658227 - ($45.00)
9)  First Aid Training Kit (pkg/100) - 658226 - ($120.00)

ARC Overview

Courses and Hours

Course 1)     Standard First Aid with CPR/AED - Adult (6 hours and 30 minutes)

Lesson 1: Introduction - Before Giving Care
Lesson 2: Checking an Ill or Injured Person
Lesson 3: Breathing Emergencies and Conscious Choking - Adult
Lesson 5: Cardiac Emergencies
Lesson 6: CPR and Unconscious Choking - Adult
Lesson 7: AED - Adult
Lesson 9: Soft Tissue Injuries
Lesson 10: Injuries to Muscles, Bones and Joints
Lesson 11: Sudden Illness
Lesson 12: Heat and Cold-Related Emergencies

Course 2)     CPR/AED - Child (4 hours and 45 minutes)

Lesson 1: Introduction - Before Giving Care
Lesson 2: Checking an Ill or Injured Person
Lesson 3: Breathing Emergencies and Conscious Choking - Child
Lesson 4: Rescue Breathing - Child
Lesson 5: The Cardiac Chain of Survival and Cardiac Emergencies
Lesson 6: CPR and Unconscious Choking - Child
Lesson 8: AED - Child
  • Young Children and the Cardiac Chain of Survival
  • Using an AED on a Child (Ages 1 to 8 or less than 55 pounds)
  • Skill Scenarios

Course 3)     CPR - Infant (3 hours and 40 minutes)

Lesson 1: Introduction - Before Giving Care
Lesson 2: Checking an Ill or Injured Person
Lesson 3: Breathing Emergencies and Conscious Choking - Infant
Lesson 4: Rescue Breathing - Infant
Lesson 5: The Cardiac Chain of Survival and Cardiac Emergencies
Lesson 6: CPR and Unconscious Choking - Infant

ARC Overview

American Red Cross, Participant's Manual, 3rd Edition, First Aid/CPR/AED for Schools and the Community, Stock Number - 652145, ISBN - 1-58480-300-2, Stay Well, 780 Township Line Rd., Yardley, PA 19067, $14.99.

Chapter 1: If not YOU... Who?, 1

  • You and the Emergency Medical System, 2
  • Getting Permission to Give Care, 9
  • Skill Sheet: Removing Gloves, 12

Chapter 2: Taking Action: Emergency Action Steps, 15

  • Check, 16
  • Call, 17
  • Care, 19
  • Reaching and Moving an Ill or Injured Person: Do No Further Harm, 20

Chapter 3: Checking an Ill or Injured Person, 29

  • Checking a Conscious Person, 30
  • Checking an Unconscious Person, 32
  • Shock, 34
  • Skill Sheet: Checking a Conscious Person, 36
  • Skill Sheet: Checking an Unconscious Adult, 39
  • Skill Sheet: Checking an Unconscious Child, 40
  • Skill Sheet: Checking an Unconscious Infant, 42

Chapter 4: When Seconds Count, 45

  • Life-Threatening Emergencies, 45
  • Skill Sheet: Conscious Choking - Adult, 60
  • Skill Sheet: Conscious Choking - Child, 61
  • Skill Sheet: Conscious Choking - Infant, 62
  • Skill Sheet: How to Give a Rescue Breath - Adult, 63
  • Skill Sheet: Rescue Breathing - Child, 64
  • Skill Sheet: Rescue Breathing - Infant, 65

Chapter 5: Cardiac Emergencies, 67

  • Signals of a Heart Attack, 69
  • In Case of a Heart Attack, 71
  • Cardiac Emergencies in Children and Infants, 76
  • Using an AED - Adults, 80
  • Using an AED - Children, 81
  • Skill Sheet: CPR - Adult, 86
  • Skill Sheet: Unconscious Choking - Adult, 88
  • Skill Sheet: CPR - Child, 90
  • Skill Sheet: Unconscious Choking - Child, 92
  • Skill Sheet: CPR - Infant, 94
  • Skill Sheet: Unconscious Choking - Infant, 96
  • Skill Sheet: AED - Adult, 98
  • Skill Sheet: AED - Child, 100

Chapter 6: Injury Prevention, 103

  • Injuries, 103

Chapter 7: Soft Tissue Injuries: Cuts, Scrapes and Bruises, 111

  • Wounds, 112
  • Burns, 119
  • Special Situations, 121
  • Skill Sheet: Controlling External Bleeding, 126

Chapter 8: Injuries to Muscles, Bones and Joints, 129

  • Muscles, 130
  • Bones, 131
  • Joints, 131
  • Types of Injuries, 131
  • Skill Sheet: Applying an Anatomic Splint, 142
  • Skill Sheet: Applying a Soft Splint, 144
  • Skill Sheet: Applying a Rigid Splint, 146
  • Skill Sheet: Applying a Sling and Binder, 148

Chapter 9: Sudden Illness, 151

  • Recognizing Sudden Illness, 151
  • Caring for Sudden Illness, 152
  • Specific Sudden Illnesses, 152
  • Stroke, 157

Chapter 10: Poisoning, 161

  • Swallowed, Inhaled, Absorbed and Injected Poisons, 162
  • Checking the Scene for Poisoning, 163
  • General Care for Poisoning, 164
  • Special Care Considerations, 164

Chapter 11: Heat- or Cold-Related Emergencies, 175

  • Heat-Related Illness, 177
  • Cold-Related Illness, 178
  • Preventing Heat- and Cold-Related Emergencies, 180

Chapter 12: Special Situations and Circumstances, 183

  • Infants and Children, 183
  • Older Adults, 186
  • Emergency Childbirth, 188
  • People with Disabilities, 188
  • Language Barriers, 190
  • Crime Scenes and Hostile Situations, 191

Chapter 13: Asthma, 193

  • Asthma, 193
  • Skill Sheet: Assisting with Asthma Inhaler, 196

Chapter 14: Anaphylaxis and Epinephrine Auto-Injectors, 199

  • Anaphylaxis, 199
  • Skill Sheet: Assisting with an Epinephrine Auto-Injector, 202

Sources, 204

Index, 206

Lay Responder CPR - Adult
Lay Responder CPR - Child
Lay Responder CPR - Infant
Lay Responder AED - Adult
Lay Responder AED - Child
Lay Responder First Aid
Lay Responder Additional Scenarios
Lay Responder Epinephrine Auto-Injector
Lay Responder Asthma Inhaler
AED Resource Information


ARC Overview

American Red Cross, CPR/AED for the Professional Rescuer, Stock Number - 652110, ISBN - 1-58480-127-1, Stay Well, 780 Township Line Rd., Yardley, PA 19067, $14.99.

Chapter 1

The Professional Rescuer

Responsibilities, 2
Personal Characteristics, 2
The Emergency Medical Services System, 2
Supporting the EMS System, 4
Legal Considerations,4
Putting it All Together, 5
In Review, 5

Chapter 2

Preventing Disease Transmission

How Infections Occur, 8
How Diseases Spread, 8
Serious Communicable Diseases, 9
Protecting Yourself from Disease Transmission, 10
OSHA Regulations, 10
If You Are Exposed, 13
Putting it All Together, 14
In Review, 15

Chapter 3

Breathing and Cardiac Emergencies

Emergency Action Principles, 16
Moving a Victim, 18
Breathing Emergencies, 20
Rescue Breathing, 20
Airway Obstructions, 24
Cardiac Emergencies, 25
CPR, 26
Automated External Defibrillation, 28
Oxygen Administration and Airway Management, 29
Putting it All Together, 29
In Review, 30
Skill Sheet - Removing Gloves, 31
Skill Sheet - Initial Assessment, 32
Skill Sheet - Rescue Breathing - Adult, 35
Skill Sheet - Rescue Breathing - Child, 36
Skill Sheet - Rescue Breathing - Infant, 37
Skill Sheet - Using a Bag-Valve-Mask - Two Rescuers, 38
Skill Sheet - Conscious Choking - Adult and Child, 39
Optional Practice Skill Sheet - Conscious Choking - Infant, 41
Skill Sheet - Unconscious Choking - Adult and Child, 42
Skill Sheet - Unconscious Choking - Infant, 44
Skill Sheet - CPR - Adult, 46
Skill Sheet - CPR - Child, 48
Skill Sheet - CPR - Infant, 50
Skill Sheet - Two Rescuer CPR - Adult, 52
Optional Practice Skill Sheet - Two-Rescuer CPR - Child, 54
Optional Practice Skill Sheet - Two-Rescuer CPR - Infant, 56

Chapter 4

Automated External Defibrillation

The Heart's Electrical System, 59
When the Heart Fails, 59
Defibrillation, 59
AEDs and the Cardiac Chain of Survival, 59
Using and AED, 60
AED Precautions, 60
AEDs - Special Situations, 60
AED Maintenance, 61
Putting it All Together, 61
In Review, 62
Skill Sheet - Using an AED, 63
Skill Sheet - Using an AED - CPR in Progress, 64

Chapter 5

Oxygen Administration and Airway Management

Supplemental Oxygen, 66
Oxygen Delivery Devices, 68
Airway Management Devices, 69
Putting it All Together, 70
In Review, 71
Skill Sheet - Using a Resuscitation Mask for Rescue Breathing, 72
Skill Sheet - Oxygen Delivery, 74
Optional Practice Skill Sheet - Using a Manual Suctioning Device, 76
Skill Sheet - Using a Mechanical Suctioning Device, 77
Skill Sheet -  Inserting an Oral Airway, 78
Skill Sheet - Inserting a Nasal Airway, 79

Appendix A

Health Precautions and Guidelines During Training, 81
References, 83

Powerpoint Presentations
CPR-AED Professional Rescuer
Emergency O2
Bloodborne Pathogens

Participants - Chapter 1
Participants - Chapter 2
Participants - Chapter 3
Participants - Chapter 4
Participants - Chapter 5
Participants - Chapter 6

Instructors - Chapter 1
Instructors - Chapter 2
Instructors - Chapter 3
Instructors - Chapter 4
Instructors - Chapter 5
Instructors - Chapter 6

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