National Safety Council

Module 1: Acting in an Emergency

Objectives: After completing this session, participants should be able to:

• State how your actions can make a difference to a victim of injury or sudden illness.
• List the goals of helping a victim in an emergency.
• Identify how to contact Emergency Medical Services (EMS).
• List ways to be prepared in case of an emergency.
• Describe when consent is needed for helping a victim.
• List 6 steps to take in all emergencies.
• Describe when to call 9-1-1 and what information to give.

Module 2: Preventing Disease Transmission

Objectives: After completing this session, participants should be able to:

• List the standard precautions to prevent the transmission of disease.
• Identify personal protective equipment (PPE) to protect yourself from infection.
• Demonstrate how to remove medical exam gloves.

Module 3: Check the Victim

Objectives: After completing this session, participants should be able to:

• Describe how to perform the initial assessment of a victim.
• Demonstrate how to check the victim for life-threatening problems.
• List the victim's history information to obtain.
• Describe how to perform a physical examination.

Module 4: Recovery Position

Objectives: After completing this session, participants should be able to:

• Explain the purpose of the recovery position.
• Demonstrate how to put an unresponsive breathing adult in the recovery position.

Module 5: Bleeding and Wound Care

Objectives: After completing this session, participants should be able to:

• Demonstrate how to control bleeding with direct pressure.

Module 6: Shock

Objectives: After completing this session, participants should be able to:

• List the causes of shock.
• Identify the signs and symptoms of shock.
• Describe the first aid for shock.
• Demonstrate how to put a victim in the shock position.

Module 7: Burns

Objectives: After completing this session, participants should be able to:

• Differentiate among first-, second- and third-degree burns.
• Explain first aid for first-, second- and third-degree heat burns.
• Explain first aid for chemical burns.
• Identify first aid for electrical burns and shocks.

Module 8: Bone, Joint and Muscle Injuries

Objectives: After completing this session, participants should be able to:

• Demonstrate how to apply an elastic bandage.
• Identify first aid for various bone, joint and muscle injuries.
• Explain how to use rest, ice, compression and elevation (RICE) for an injury.
• Describe different types of splints.
• Identify when it is appropriate to splint.

Module 9: Head and Spine Injuries

Objectives: After completing this session, participants should be able to:

• Identify situtions when a spinal injury is possible.
• Demonstrate spinal motion restriction for spinal injuries.
• Describe first aid for skull fractures.
• Describe first aid for general head wounds.

Module 10: Sudden Illness

Objectives: After completing this session, participants should be able to:

• Describe the general signs and symptoms of sudden illness.
• List the general steps of first aid for sudden illness.
• Describe the signs and symptoms of a heart attack.

Module 11: Poisoning and Allergic Reactions

Objectives: After completing this session, participants should be able to:

• Decide when to call the Poison Control Center or 9-1-1 in cases of poisoning.
• Identify first aid steps for victims of swallowed poison.
• Identify first aid steps for victims of inhaled poison.
• In industrial settings, state the importance of gathering information onthe location and effects of chemicals, the Safety Data Sheets and other chemical emergency information and location of antidote supplies.
• Identify the steps of first aid for a victim with: a snake bite, a spider bite, a bee or wasp sting, a scorpion sting, a tick bite.
• Determine the first aid for a victim of poison ivy, oak or sumac.
• List the causes of severe allergic reaction.
• Describe first aid for a severe allergic reaction.
• Describe first aid for opioid drug overdose.
• Demonstrate how to use an auto-injector to administer a life-saving medication.
• Describe how to administer naloxone via nasal spray to stop an opioid overdose.

Module 12: Cold and Heat Emergencies

Objectives: After completing this session, participants should be able to:

• Describe the signs of a cold emergency.
• Describe the signs of a heat emergency.
• Identify the first aid steps for: Frostbite, Hypothermia, Heat cramps, Exertional dehydration, Heat exhaustion, Heat stroke.

Module 13: Rescuing and Moving Victims

Objectives: After completing this session, participants should be able to:

• Describe what to do when a victim needs to be rescued from a dangerous sitution.
• Describe what to do when multiple victims need first aid.
• Identify situations in which it is acceptable to move a victim.
• Describe how to move a victim when necessary.

Module 14: CPR and AED

Objectives: After completing this session, participants should be able to:

• Recognize when cardiopulmonary resuscittion (CPR) and use of an automated external defibrillator (AED) are needed.
• Identify the links in the cardiac chain of survival.
• State when CPR is needed.
• Identify when and how rescue breaths are given along with chest compressions.
• Explain the importance of using a barrier device for rescue breaths.
• State when CPR can stop.
• Identify when and how Hands-Only CPR (compression-only) can be given.
• Demonstrate how to correctly perform the head tilt-chin lift.
• Demonstrate how to give CPR to an adult, child and infant using the correct rate and depth of chest compressions.
• Identify when and how to use an AED.
• Demonstrate how to use an AED on an adult, child and infant.

Module 15: Choking

Objectives: After completing this session, participants should be able to:

• Identify correct choking care for a responsive adult, child or infant with a partially obstructed airway who can cough.
• Describe how to give abdominal thrusts to a responsive choking adult or child.
• Identify correct care for a choking victim who becomes unresponsive.
• Demonstrate how to provide choking care for a responsive adult or child.