Community First Aid and Safety

Bachelors Degree in Early Childhood Care

HEA 250

Breyer State University

Instructor: William Morrozoff, DNS

SYLLABUS

COURSE OVERVIEW: Welcome to Community First Aid and Safety, a Bachelor level course for the Degree, Bachelor of Science in Early Child Care. I am pleased to instruct you in this course.

This is a basic first aid course designed to give you an introductory knowledge that will enable you to overcome any reluctance to act in minor emergencies and keep serious injuries from getting worse before medical help arrives. This course focus is about prevention ( keeping injuries from occurring) and intervention ( using current and acceptable methods of responding to emergencies and performing first aid).

I know that you will enjoy this course. Please learn as much as you can as you progress through it, as it lays the foundation that will allow you to overcome any reluctance to act in minor emergency situations that can occur with infants, children, or adults. Your textbook will also serve as a future reference book in times of emergencies; it's a gold mine of information regarding first aid and prevention.

**** Although this course contains instruction for giving rescue breathing and cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR), it is important to attend a CPR course to gain more skill about how to recognize when CPR is needed and have a chance to gain "hands-on" practice using this life saving skill. You must be certified in CPR in order to successfully pass the course. Thus, one requirement is for you to attend a CPR training course in your area (sponsored by either the American Red Cross and/or the American Heart Association) and become certified. Make sure that the course includes infant, adult and child techniques.

TIME FRAME: This is an eight semester hour course. This course is allotted 10 weeks of time. You must complete all of the requirements for the course successfully by the end of the 10-week period. The first day of week one will begin on the day you register for the course, or the day which you notify me your textbook(s) arrive and you are ready to begin your studies. Please be cognizant of the time frame. It is rare that extensions of time are permitted unless you have a good justification. Upon successful completion of this course, you will be awarded eight semester hours of credit.

TEXTBOOK: The following is the required textbook for this course.

Book 1: The American Red Cross First Aid and Safety Handbook. Kathleen A. Handall, MD. Boston, New York, London ; Little, Brown, & Company: 1992: ISBN # 0-316-73646-5.

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EXAMINATIONS: There are two examinations for this course, a mid-term and a final exam. The mid-term exam will cover the information in sections one and three, and the final exam will cover section two.

The mid-term exam must be taken by the end of the fifth week of the course.

The final exam must be taken by the end of the tenth week of the course.

Both exams are programmed and are located in the classroom for this course. The examinations are "open book" objective type. You will have (3) days to complete your exam, once you access it from the classroom. To access the exams, you must send me an email and request to have access to the exam. I will then program your access in. You will receive an email back from me telling you that you are now authorized to go ahead and access your exam. To access, you will come into the classroom, click on testing, and click on the exam you are taking. You will need your User ID and PASSWORD to access the exam. The exam will appear on your screen. Once you access the exam, select print. You will then have 72 hours to submit your answers. The program also notifies me of the exact date and time that you access the exam. The program also notifies me of the exact date and time that you submitted your answers. Thus, the program is timing you. When you are ready, go back into the classroom and click in your responses and then click submit. Shortly, you will receive the exam in your email box with your computed score. You will also know what questions, if any, that you missed, and what the correct answer is. I also receive a copy of your exam and your score.

GRADING:

90-100%    = A
80-89%      = B
70-79%      = C
Below 70% = Fail

COMMUNICATION: You are encouraged to communicate with me. I am available as a teacher, coach, and mentor to assist you in meeting your goals for the course. Primarily, communication is through email. However, I am also available for conversation by telephone if you would like. Our classroom for this course has a 'chat" room. I am also very willing to meet with you one-on-one in the chat room of your request. From time to time, depending on how many students are enrolled in this course at a particular time, we will have some scheduled group chats. You will receive more detailed information at the time such chat sessions are scheduled. Please keep my email address handy so that you can contact me. If at any time during this course you change your email address, please be sure to notify me right away.

WRITTEN ASSIGNMENTS: There are no written assignments for this course. There is a considerable amount of reading involved in this course, and I would prefer you to spend your time with the book learning the material. You will be required to attend a CPR course in your living area and obtain certification in CPR through the American Red Cross and/or the American Heart Association. Make sure your selected course includes infant, child, and adult techniques.

ABOUT YOUR INSTRUCTOR: I, William Morrozoff, DNS, MSN, RN, FNP-BC, currently teach undergraduate courses at Breyer State University and have taught Associate Degree Nursing Students at the Community College Level. I hold a degree in Masters of Science in Nursing with certification as a Family Nurse Practitioner, one in Bachelor of Nursing Science, one in Associate Degree in Nursing, and a Diploma in Practical Nurse Education. I have worked as a Registered Nurse primarily in the area of emergency medicine over the past 23 years with the last 8 years working as mid-level provider in a rural health clinic in the role of Nurse Practitioner.

COURSE OBJECTIVES: Upon completion of this course, you will be able to:

1). Identify how to respond to emergency situations by checking to see if it is safe to intervene.
2). Identify how to reduce the risk of injury to infants and children.
3). Recognize the signals of heart attack and provide care to reduce the chance of cardiac arrest.
4). Understand how to care for an infant, child or adult who is choking.
5). Understand how to care for an infant, child or adult who stops breathing.
6). Understand the procedure of giving CPR to an infant, child, or adult whose heart has stopped beating.
7). Attend and successfully compete certification in CPR training prior to completion of course.
8). Learn how to control bleeding.
9). Learn how to care for non-life-threatening emergencies such as a sprain, strain, or fracture.
10). Identify how to use your community's emergency medical services (EMS) system effectively.

ASSIGNMENTS: For specific assignments, please check on the link "Assignments".

INFORMATION: If you have any questions regarding this program, you may contact the instructor at morrozov2@earthlink.net .

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