Community First Aid and Safety

Community First Aid and safety trains individuals and families to overcome any reluctance to act in emergency situations and to recognize and care for life-threatening emergencies, such as respiratory or cardiac problems, sudden illness, or injuries to infants, children, or adults.
 

PREREQUISITE: None

Training Objectives
 

• Identify how to respond to emergency situations by checking to see if it is safe to intervene.
   
• Identify how to reduce the risk of a heart attack.
   
• Identify how to reduce the risk of injury to infants and children.
   
• Recognize the signals of a heart attack and provide care to reduce the chance of cardiac arrest.
   
• Learn how to care for an infant, child, or adult who stops breathing.
   
• Learn how to care for an infant, child, or adult who is choking.
   
• Learn how to give CPR to an infant, child, or adult whose heart has stopped beating.
   
• Learn how to control bleeding.
   
• Learn how to care for non-life-threatening emergencies such as a sprain, strain, or fracture.
   
• Identify how to use your community's emergency medical services (EMS) system effectively.
   

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