First Aid & Safety COURSE SYLLABUS
Course Code:	HEA135
Instructor:	Meredith L McCoy, NREMT-P Email: meredithmccoy@forrestcollege.edu redheadedmedic2@bellsouth.net Phone: 864-303-7890
Course Schedule:	This course meets on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 7:30 pm to 9:30 pm starting August 7, 2008, to September 13, 2008.
Credit Hours:	3.0 Credit hours awarded upon successful completion of course requirements
Text:	STAT! Medical Office Emergency Manual; Jeryll A. Tuttle Yoder & Susan A. Fraser- Noble; Thompson- Delmar, 1996; ISBN; 0-8273-6489-X BLS for Healthcare Providers; American Heart Association; ISBN: 0-87493-318-8
Course Description:	This course introduces the student to basic safety procedures, the Heimlich maneuver, and CPR for one rescuer, two rescuer for adult, child and infant. The student must successfully competency in these 4 procedures to complete the course. Student will be able to effectively deal with medical emergencies in an office setting in a safe and effective manner.
Course Objectives:	Note: You may expect that questions on your tests/exams will be based upon demonstrating your knowledge of the following course objectives. Upon successful completion of this course, the student will be able to: The student will be able to demonstrate how to perform basic first aid in the office setting The student will be able to demonstrate have to relieve foreign body airway obstruction in an adult, child and infant The student will demonstrate how to perform CPR in adults, children and infants who suffer sudden cardiac arrest The student will be able to verbalize understanding for emergency office procedures The student will be able to demonstrate proper body substance isolation, and show verbal understanding of infection control practices
Prerequisite:	NONE
Course Outline:	Week One: Introduction Chapter One- Universal Precautions Chapter Two- Emergency Procedure Guide Week Two: Chapter Three- Basic Telephone Techniques & Emergency Response Guidelines Chapter Four- Documentation Quiz 1(Chapters 1 & 2) Week Three: Chapter Five- Applications & Techniques of First Aid Chapter Six- Respiratory Quiz 2 (Chapters 3 & 4) Week Four: Chapter Seven- Cardiovascular Disease Chapter Eight- Bleeding/ Hemorrhage Quiz 3(Chapters 5&6) Week Five: Chapter Nine- Shock Chapter Ten- Anaphylactic Shock Quiz 4(Chapters 7&8) Week Six: AHA~ BLS HCP and First Aid Quiz 5 (Chapters 9&10)
Instruction Method:	A variety of instruction techniques will be used in this course. These practices include (but are not limited to) class lecture; small group work; discussion; group projects; out-of-class assignments; individual assignments; electronically based research; expected e-mail communications, etc.
Grading:	Class Attendance (being physically present in class) 10% (This means 1 point for each week you physically attend class) Quiz 1 Quiz 2 Quiz 3 Quiz 4 Quiz 5 BLS HCP Final Exam (Student must score 84% to receive credit) All quizzes will be added together and divided by the total number of quizzes taken. *Missed tests: If you miss a test, you must schedule to take the test within one week of having missed it or you will not be eligible to take the test at all. Grading Scale: A = 90-100 B = 80-89 C = 70-79 D = 60-69 F = Below 60
Attendance:	Regular attendance is expected because it is through regular attendance that you will hear and learn from the experience of your instructor as well as from the input (questions, answers, discussions, concerns) of others of the members of your class. You may also “attend” classes (when you are not physically able to be present in class) by communicating with members of your assigned group and finding out from them what class materials you have missed and/or other aspects of what went on in class that you should know about. You can also “attend” by keeping in touch with your instructor through the use of e-mail. Let your instructor and members of your group know that you might be late, or that you’re too ill to come to class, or that you’ve missed an assignment and are trying your best to complete it, etc. As you can see by the section on grade assignment (above), you will earn one point for every week of perfect attendance. You attend ten weeks and you receive a very positive 10% of your grade. You must be in attendance for your scheduled test dates. You must be in attendance for your for the final exam and CPR check-offs to receive certification.
Make-up work:	It is the individual student’s responsibility to find out from one of his classmates and/or group members what materials he/she might have missed as the result of having missed a class session. Call your classmates; e-mail them; keep up with them; be responsible for getting the information that you need in order to demonstrate competence in this course.
Academic Dishonesty	Plagiarism and cheating are serious offenses and may be punished by failure on exam, or homework or failure of the course, and/or suspension/expulsion from the college.
Resources	The College has adequate resources to assist students in researching projects (i.e. books, magazines, newspapers, Internet, LIRN).
Changes	In accordance with the policy of the College, your instructor has the right to change the syllabus in a manner that he/she feels necessary in order to better accomplish the goal(s) of this course.
Cell phones /Pagers:	All cell phones must be off. There will be no text messaging or any other form of communication used. If your cell phone rings or you are caught text messaging you will be asked to leave and will not be allowed to return class. If you have special circumstances please see me before class.