HE 252 First Aid

Provides first aid instruction and practice in skills that enable students to take care of themselves and to aid others in the event of an accident or illness.

Credits

3

Notes

Lower Division Transfer (LDT) Course

General Education Requirements

AGS PE/Health

Outcomes

Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:
Students will be able to explain how the EMS systems works and the citizen responders role in the EMS system. Students will be able to recognize and identify signs and symptoms and care for breathing emergencies, heart attack, cardiac arrest, sudden illness, life threating bleeding, shock and heat and cold emergencies. Students will demonstrate how to care for soft tissue and musculoskeletal injuries. Students will demonstrate how and when to move an injured victim in an emergency situation.