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Aug 31, 2024
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LWT 170 - Basic Life Support for the Health Care ProviderCredits: 1 Develops cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and automated external defibrillator (AED) knowledge and skills to the level of a health care provider.
Prerequisite(s): None Corequisite(s): None Lecture Hours: 15 Lab Hours: 0 Meets MTA Requirement: None Pass/NoCredit: Yes
Outcomes and Objectives
- Demonstrate the concepts and components of CPR for the Health Care Provider.
- Demonstrate the correct techniques of CPR for the adult, child, and infant.
- Demonstrate mouth-to-mouth rescue breathing for the adult, child, and infant.
- Demonstrate mouth-to-mask rescue breathing for the adult, child, and infant.
- Demonstrate the complete sequence for 1-rescuer CPR.
- Demonstrate the complete sequence for 2-rescuer CPR.
- Demonstrate the proper placement of the AED electrode pads.
- Demonstrate the correct technique using a bag-valve-mask.
- Demonstrate the complete sequence for 2-rescuer infant CPR.
- Demonstrate how to relieve choking in the responsive and unresponsive victim over 1 year of age.
- Demonstrate how to relieve choking in the responsive and unresponsive infant.
- Describe and explain the concepts and components of CPR for the Health Care Provider.
- Name the links in the AHA pediatric Chain of Survival and state the importance of each link.
- Explain why no one should touch the victim while the AED is analyzing the heart rhythm or delivering a shock to the victim.
- Describe the proper actions to take when the AED gives a “no shock indicated” or “no shock advised” message.
- Explain the importance of early defibrillation.
- List the steps common to the operation of all AEDs.
- Name the links in the AHA adult Chain of Survival and state the importance of each link.
- Describe four life-threatening emergencies.
- Identify when to start CPR on a victim.
- Recall the differences between adult and child CPR.
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