ACPR

CPR—Adult

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 adults.

Prerequisites:

None

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 person 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.

�� Demonstrate how to check an unconscious person for life-threatening and nonlife-threatening conditions.

�� Explain how to check a conscious person for life-threatening and nonlife-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 person who is choking.

�� Demonstrate how to recognize and care for a person who is not breathing.

�� Recognize the signals of a cardiac emergency.

�� Identify the links in the Cardiac Chain of Survival.

�� Describe how to care for a heart attack.

�� Demonstrate how to give cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR).

�� Identify prevention strategies to decrease the risk of breathing emergencies.