Location
Defensive Shooting Skills
Grand Rapids, MI 49515
First aid is the first and immediate assistance given to any person suffering from either a minor or serious illness or injury, with care provided to preserve life, prevent the condition from worsening, or to promote recovery. It includes initial intervention in a serious condition prior to professional medical help being available, such as performing cardiopulmonary resuscitation while waiting for an ambulance, as well as the complete treatment of minor conditions, such as applying a plaster to a cut. First aid is generally performed by someone with basic medical training.
The importance of getting trained in first aid and CPR cannot be overstated and is proven invaluable in emergency situations. Here are the top five reasons you should take an Emergency First Aid Course.
TTOPICS COVERED
1. Performing a Patient Assessment:
Included in All Classes
Assessing the Situation
Determining Scene Safety
Treating Major Life Threats
Stabilizing Spinal Injuries
Airway, Breathing & Circulation
Reading The Patient
Secondary Assessment
Emergency Moves
2. Traumatic Emergencies:
Severe Arterial bleeding
Severe Laceration
Flail Chest
Sucking Chest Wounds
Broken Femur or Pelvis
Severe Burns
Breaks, Strains and Sprains
Gunshot Wounds
3. Medical / Environmental Emergencies:
Cardiac Compromise
The Chain of Survival
Diabetic Emergencies
Stroke
Anaphylaxis
Hypothermia
Heat Stroke
Shock
Bee, Snake and Animal Bites
CPR and AED
4. Creating your emergency first aid Kit.
Building Your Own Kit
Small, Med and Large Kits
Finding Supplies
Ongoing Training
Classes may be all in one day or broken into mini classes.
Full class covers all above topics $75.00
Complete class is approximately 7.5 hours long.
Mini classes that cover one topic at a time are $35.00
Mini classes are approximately 2 hours long.
This is only a First Aid Fundamentals course not CPR CERTIFICATION COURSE.
TOP REASONS TO TAKE THIS COURSE
The number one, top reason you need to take a first aid and CPR course is because you could save someone’s life. Approximately 400,000 people die each years from sudden cardiac arrest. Performing CPR helps preserve the individual’s brain function during cardiac arrest, increasing the chance of keeping their blood flowing and keeping them alive.
Knowing the life saving skills first aid and CPR training courses offer enables you to increase patient comfort during a medical emergency. Not all emergencies require hospitalization, but knowing important techniques such as proper bandaging or what to do when your child has a fever or a bad bruise. By learning these invaluable tools, you can better stay calm and help the patient feel less anxious and more at ease.
In some cases, if a person does not receive immediate first aid care, their symptoms may worsen or deteriorate. When you are properly trained and certified, you will be able to stabilize the patient until emergency medical services arrives. Helping prevent worsening situations makes you a valuable link in the chain of support and survival.
Being certified in basic life support makes you more valuable in your community, home, and workplace. Sadly, CPR is not known by enough people. The more people who take the time to be trained, the better the chances are that you are able to help save someone else’s life, and if ever needed, someone will be there to save yours. Take a certification course with friends and loved ones.
According to the American Heart Association (AHA), 80% of cardiac arrests happen at home. Furthermore, for every minute that passes without CPR, the victim’s chance of survival decreases between seven and ten percent. Knowing CPR can help you save your loved one when you are able to perform CPR as quickly as possible.
