Introduction to Red Cross (Chapter 1)
Responding to Emergencies (Chapter 2)
How to prepare for emergencies
Legal issues to consider
First aid in the workplace
How to protect yourself and others
How to communicate and document
Rules for transporting an ill/injured person
Check, Call, Care (Chapter 3)
How to approach a scene and check a person for illness or injury
How to recognize an emergency and when to call 911
How to appropriately care for a person with an illness or injury
Dealing with shock
Rules for giving medication
Choking (Chapter 4)
What to do if you or someone near you is choking
Circulation Emergencies (Chapter 5)
Covers heart attack, stroke, and life threatening bleeding
Practice how to use a tourniquet
CPR & AED (Chapter 6)
How to perform CPR and use an AED on an adult, child, and infant
Additional Topic
Dealing with opioid poisoning
CPR/AED C Certification
Secondary Survey (Chapter 2)
Check SAMPLE, vital signs, head-to-toe exam
Bone, Muscle, and Joint Injuries (Chapter 10)
How to identify bone, muscle, and joint injuries
Applying different types of splints
Sudden Medical Emergencies (Chapter 11)
Covers fainting, diabetes, and seizures
How to recognize and respond to a mental health emergency
Environmental Illness (Chapter 12)
Prevention and treatment of heat-related illnesses, such as heat exhaustion and heat stroke
Prevention and treatment of cold-related illnesses, such as frostbite and hypothermia
Poisons (Chapter 13)
Identifying hazardous materials
Treating swallowed, inhaled, absorbed, and injected poisons
Considerations for animal and insect bites and stings
Additional Topics
Learn proper body mechanics
Ways to move an ill/injured person
How to triage multiple ill/injured persons
Standard First Aid C Certification
Breathing Emergencies (Chapter 7)
Covers Asthma, COPD, and Anaphylaxis
Wound Care (Chapter 8)
Learn about dressings and bandages
Wound and infection recognition and care
Recognize and treat burns
Safety Data Sheets
How to treat eye, ear, nose, and mouth injuries
How to treat chest and abdominal injuries
How to treat amputation, impaled, and crush injuries
Head, Neck, and Spinal Injuries (Chapter 9)
How to approach a person with a suspected spinal injury
Providing care and exceptions for moving the person
Recognizing concussions
Emergency First Aid C Certification


