Purpose:

Train lay responders to overcome any reluctance to act in emergency situations and to recognize and care for life-threatening respiratory or cardiac emergencies in children.

Learning Objectives:

• Describe how to recognize and respond to an emergency.
• Describe the purpose of the Good Samaritan Laws.
• Identify the difference between consent and implied consent.
• Describe the three emergency action steps.
• Explain when and how to call 9-1-1 or the local emergency number.
• Explain when and how to move a child from a dangerous scene.
• Identify how to minimize the risk of disease transmission when giving care.
• Demonstrate how to minimize the risk of disease transmission when giving care.
• Describe and demonstrate how to check an unconscious person for life-threatening and non life-threatening conditions.
• Explain how to check a conscious person for life-threatening and non life-threatening conditions.
• Identify the signals of shock and describe how to minimize its effects.
• Describe how to prioritize care for injuries and sudden illnesses.
• Recognize the signals of a breathing emergency.
• Demonstrate how to care for a child who is choking.
• Demonstrate how to recognize and care for a child who is not breathing.
• Recognize the signals of a cardiac emergency.
• Identify the links in the Cardiac Chain of Survival.
• Demonstrate how to give cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) to a child.