First Aid/CPR CPU Objectives
Activity 1
1-1. Examine the importance of first aid and CPR.
1-2. Research various career opportunities in
first aid.
1-3. Identify first aid careers that interest
you.
Activity 2
2-1. Identify terms used in first aid.
2-2. Understand the legal implications of giving
first aid.
2-3. Understand appropriate safety principles
while giving first aid.
2-4. Examine the sequential steps of emergency
scene management.
2-5. Learn how to perform a primary survey.
2-6. Learn how to perform ongoing casualty care
until professional medical help arrives.
2-7. Consider how you would react to an emergency
situation.
Activity 3
3-1. Examine the symptoms of shock.
3-2. Recognize when a victim is unconscious or
fainting.
3-3. Analyze the necessary steps to treat shock,
unconsciousness, and fainting.
3-4. Identify measures to prevent choking.
3-5. Recognize and examine treatment for choking.
3-6. Understand ongoing casualty care for a
victim whose airway has been cleared.
3-7. Identify dressing and bandages used in first
aid procedures.
3-8. Recognize major wounds, severe bleeding,
amputation, and inadequate circulation.
3-9. Examine appropriate first aid for major
wounds, severe bleeding, amputation, and poor circulation.
3-10. Describe methods you can use to calm
yourself when you feel overwhelmed in an emergency situation.
Activity 4
4-1. Apply basic knowledge of the respiratory
system to recognize breathing emergencies.
4-2. Perform mouth-to-mouth respiration (AR) on
an adult casualty.
4-3. Perform mouth-to-mouth respiration on an
adult casualty with suspected head or spinal injuries.
4-4. Evaluate two complications that may occur
when giving AR.
Activity 5
5-1. Apply basic knowledge of the respiratory
system to recognize breathing emergencies in children and infants.
5-2. Perform mouth-to-mouth respiration (AR) on a
child casualty.
5-3. Perform mouth-to-nose respiration on an
infant casualty.
Activity 6
6-1. Apply knowledge of cardiovascular disease.
6-2. Identify risk factors of cardiovascular
disease.
6-3. Identify preventative health measures.
6-4. Identify cardiovascular emergencies.
6-5. Recognize angina and cardiac arrest.
6-6. Examine appropriate first aid for
cardiovascular emergencies, angina, and cardiac arrest.
6-7. Perform one-person CPR on an adult victim.
Activity 7
7-1. Examine the relationship between sudden
cardiac arrest and ventricular fibrillation.
7-2. Define the components of an automated
external defibrillation program.
7-3. Explain the role of CPR when delivering
emergency care with an AED.
7-4. Identify the age and weight requirements for
using an AED on a person in cardiac arrest.
7-5. Describe the basic steps of emergency care
with an AED.
7-6. List the four steps for operating an AED.
7-7. Demonstrate preparation of the chest and
proper electrode pad placement.
7-8. Demonstrate the application and operation of
the AED.
Activity 8
8-1. Identify the four steps of a secondary
survey.
8-2. Identify appropriate measures to obtain a
history of the casualty.
8-3. Assess vital signs.
8-4. Understand how to perform a head-to-toe
examination.
8-5. Examine first aid for non-life-threatening
conditions.
8-6. Apply the principles of safety when moving a
casualty.
8-7. Simulate moving a casualty from a
life-threatening situation.
Activity 9
9-1. Recognize bone and joint injuries of the
upper limbs.
9-2. Identify repetitive strain injury.
9-3. Examine appropriate first aid for bone and
joint injuries, muscle strain, and repetitive strain injury.
9-4. Apply a cold pack to an injured elbow.
Activity 10
10-1. Recognize suspected head and spinal
injuries, bleeding from the scalp and ear, and pelvic injuries.
10-2. Recognize various chest injuries, such as a
penetrating chest wound, a chest flail, a rib fracture, or a blast
injury to the chest.
10-3. Examine appropriate first aid for head,
chest, and pelvic injuries.
Activity 11
11-1. Analyze measures that prevent further
contamination and infection of wounds.
11-2. Examine the use of dressings, bandages, and
slings in first aid procedures.
11-3. Understand how to control external bleeding
from a wound with an embedded object in it.
11-4. Understand how to control bleeding from the
nose, gums, tongue, and cheek.
11-5. Examine appropriate first aid for a wound
in the palm of the hand.
11-6. Examine appropriate first aid for an
abdominal wound.
Activity 12
12-1. Identify measures to prevent eye injuries.
12-2. Recognize and examine appropriate first aid
for eye injuries.
12-3. Identify measures to prevent poisoning.
12-4. Recognize and examine appropriate first aid
for poisoning, bites, and stings.
Activity 13
13-1. You will participate in a career shadowing
activity the instructor has arranged.
OR
13-2. You will learn about the emotional aspects
of emergency care.
Activity 14
14-1. You will participate in a career shadowing
activity the instructor has arranged.
OR
14-2. You will continue working in the First
Aid program.
In Activity 15, the
students will finish any work they have not yet completed. They will
complete the CPU by taking the Vocabulary Test and the
Post-test, answering the journal question, and turning in any
necessary work such as the research journal or presentation. They
will also have the opportunity to work with the Be First on the
Scene assessment activity in the First Aid program.
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