FIRST AID AND BASIC LIFE SUPPORT

Prerequisites & course information

Requisites: None Repeatable for Credit: No Last Taught: Fall 2026 Learning Outcomes: 1. Identify the signs and symptoms of breathing emergencies and cardiac emergencies and demonstrate how to provide care for each. Audience: Undergraduate 2. Differentiate the signs and symptoms of various soft tissue and musculoskeletal injuries, and demonstrate how to care for them. Audience: Undergraduate 3. Organize the signs and symptoms of medical emergencies, including sudden illnesses, poisoning, bites and stings, and heat and cold emergencies, and illustrate how to care for them. Audience: Undergraduate 4. Analyze the causes of and solutions for the sustainability challenge of caring for shock. Audience: Undergraduate 5. Analyze sustainability issues and practices using a systems-based approach for providing emergency care. Audience: Undergraduate Learning Outcomes: 1. Identify the signs and symptoms of breathing emergencies and cardiac emergencies and demonstrate how to provide care for each. Audience: Undergraduate 2. Differentiate the signs and symptoms of various soft tissue and musculoskeletal injuries, and demonstrate how to care for them. Audience: Undergraduate 3. Organize the signs and symptoms of medical emergencies, including sudden illnesses, poisoning, bites and stings, and heat and cold emergencies, and illustrate how to care for them. Audience: Undergraduate 4. Analyze the causes of and solutions for the sustainability challenge of caring for shock. Audience: Undergraduate 5. Analyze sustainability issues and practices using a systems-based approach for providing emergency care. Audience: Undergraduate