Maricopa Community Colleges  RES109AB   20022-20075 
Official Course Description: MCCCD Approval: 12/11/01
RES109AB 20022-20075 LEC 0.25 Credit(s) 0.25 Period(s)
Heartsaver Automated External Defibrillator
Basic life support (BLS) measures in cardiopulmonary emergencies in the workplace. Recognition of major signs of emergencies in adults, chain of survival, adult cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR), relief of foreign body airway obstruction and use of an automated external defibrillator (AED).
Prerequisites: None.
Course Note: Successful completion of the course content meets requirements for an American Heart Association (AHA) Heartsaver AED card.
 
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RES109AB   20022-20075 Heartsaver Automated External Defibrillator
1. Describe the links in the American Heart Association Chain of Survival. (I)
2. Identify the signs of four major emergencies in adults. (II)
3. Perform one rescuer adult CPR. (III)
4. Manage conscious and unconscious adult airway obstruction. (III)
5. Perform rescue breathing using mouth-to-mouth ventilation and mouth-to-barrier device ventilation. (III)
6. Perform automatic, external defibrillation as part of the resuscitation of the adult in cardiac arrest. (IV)
7. Complete AHA Heartsaver AED BLS skill evaluation and written examination. (V)
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RES109AB   20022-20075 Heartsaver Automated External Defibrillator
    I. Links in the AHA Chain of Survival
        A. Phone 911
        B. Perform CPR
        C. Provide early defibrillation
      II. Signs of Major Emergencies in Adults
          A. Heart attack
          B. Stroke
          C. Cardiac arrest
          D. Foreign body airway obstruction (FBAO)
        III. Resuscitation and Airway Obstruction
            A. Adult one rescuer CPR
            B. Management of Airway Obstruction
              1. Conscious adult
              2. Unconscious adult
            C. Rescue Breathing
              1. Mouth-to-mouth breathing
              2. Mouth-to-mask breathing
          IV. Early Defibrillation
              A. Automated external defibrillation
                1. sudden cardiac death
                2. importance of early defibrillation
              B. Operation of AED in adult victim
            V. Evaluation
                A. Psychomotor skill evaluation
                B. Written examination
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