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WHY EMERGENCY FIRST RESPONSE?          

Emergency First Response (EFR) is the fastest-growing international CPR, Automatic External Defibrillator (AED) and First Aid training organization. Dedicated to training the lay rescuer, EFR courses encompasses adult, child and infant CPR skills, provides AED and First Aid training, and feature an outstanding First Aid at Work component.

Many divers take the Emergency First Response courses to meet program prerequisites, such as PADI Rescue Diver, or as preparation for becoming a PADI Divemaster. However, most have also found the EFR program to be important in every day life. They have taken a significant step in emergency preparedness, and feel confident that they can provide care should an emergency situation arise.

The Emergency First Response program meets requirements for CPR and First Aid in the workplace (OSHA Guideline 29 CFR 1910.151), and incorporates the latest procedures for emergency patient care. Other organizations that recognize EFR as meeting their requirements are United States Coast Guard, The Boy Scouts of America, and the American Council on Exercise (ACE), to name a few.

PREREQUISITES
None
Minimum of 2 students to hold the class

REQUIRED GEAR  
none needed for this class

COURSE PRICE & DETAILS
$65.00 Includes Book & class instruction

This is a home study course.  Upon sign up, student will receive a course book with a video/DVD.  The book, knowledge reviews (in the book) and video all needs to be read and watched prior to class. Knowledge reviews needs to be handed in.

** Please Note.  The DVD/Video is NOT yours to keep, it has to be returned on class day.

Upon Completion - Emergency Responders will be able to:

• Perform a scene assessment
• Use barriers appropriately
• Perform a patient responsiveness check by giving the responder statement and then tapping, grasping or squeezing the shoulder or arm to gain patient attention
• Phone an Emergency Medical Service number at the appropriate time within the CPR and first aid sequence.
• Recognize unresponsiveness or other emergency situations and determine when resuscitation is appropriate.
• Perform an emergency move and place a person in the recovery position
• Open and maintain an airway using the head tilt-chin lift or chin lift (also known as a jaw thrust) techniques.
• Provide effective one rescuer ventilations (rescue breaths) that make the chest rise using the mouth-to-mouth or mouth-to-mask techniques
• Perform one rescuer, adult CPR
• Explain the importance and timeliness of defibrillation within the CPR and first aid protocol and list the two ways it can be obtained (EMS and AED provided)
• Demonstrate how to assist a conscious choking patient and/or an unconscious choking patient consistent with local protocol
• Manage serious external bleeding
• Perform appropriate shock management
• Stabilize and manage suspected spinal injury
• Provide manual stabilization of suspected skeletal injuries when Emergency Medical Service personnel will be delayed
• Perform initial and ongoing assessments of an injured or ill person when Emergency Medical Service personnel will be delayed
• Perform all skills in a manner that minimizes risk to the Emergency Responder, patient and bystanders