First Aid/CPR/AED Participants Manual, Rev. 2021 - Softcover

American Red Cross

Softcover

ISBN 10: 173674478X ISBN 13: 9781736744789

Publisher: American Red Cross, 2021

Synopsis

The American Red Cross First Aid/CPR/AED Participant’s Manual supports the courses in the American Red Cross First Aid/CPR/AED program, to teach participants the knowledge and s needed to give immediate care to an injured or ill person and to decide whether advanced medical care is needed. This manual contains information about recognizing an emergency, the emergency action steps, recognizing cardiac arrest, signs of a heart attack, giving CPR, the cardiac chain of survival, how to use an AED, care for chocking, care for sudden illnesses and other life-threatening injuries. As well as the information and s needed to ist with an asthma inhaler, epinephrine auto-injector, splinting, tourniquet application, and naloxone administration. This program offers a choice of first aid, CPR and AED courses to meet the various training needs of a diverse audience. The care steps in the program are consistent with the 2020 International Liaison Committee on Resuscitation (ILCOR) Consensus on Science and Treatment Recommendations for CPR and Emergency Cardiovascular Care (ECC) and the 2020 American Heart ociation and American Red Cross Guidelines for CPR and First Aid.

Edition details

• Publisher: American Red Cross
• Publication date: 2021
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 173674478X
• ISBN 13: 9781736744789
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1