What You Will Learn In This Free Course:

• Define ‘first aid’ and list the items found in a first-aid kit

• Discuss personal protective equipment (PPE), scene safety and hand-washing

• Identify medical problems, their causes, symptoms and first-aid procedures
• Examine causes, symptoms and how to care for individuals with medical problems
• Explain how to handle traumatic injuries
• Outline symptoms and how to provide first aid to an individual with environmental injuries or illnesses
• Analyze how to provide CPR on choking infants
• Highlight the symptoms of choking in infants, children and adults
• Describe chest compressions and mask-use for children, infants and adults
• Discuss giving breaths and activating emergency medical services (EMS)