North Carolina A & T State University
Health, Physical Education and Recreation
SPRING 2006
Course Syllabus
Course Number:
PHED 442
Course Title:
First Aid and Safety
Credit Hours:
2(1-2)
Instructor:
Brenda Swearingin, G-01a Corbett, 334-7712, Email - brendas@ncat.edu
Office hours:
M/W 1:30-3 pm, T/R 10:30-11 am & 4:30-5:30
pm, F 8-10 am, or by appointment
CATALOG
DESCRIPTION
This
course is designed to study emergency first aid care leading to American Red Cross certification in Community First Aid and
Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation. It also identifies practices and behaviors that
promote safety in the home, school and community.
***The American
Red Cross in Greensboro charges a $5.00 administrative fee for certification cards. It is
highly recommended that the student participate in the certification process in
Community First Aid and
Safety.
COURSE OBJECTIVES
As a
result of completing this course, the student should be able to:
1. Demonstrate
adequate knowledge of accident, injury or illness conditions requiring first aid care.
2. Demonstrate
adequate knowledge of general and specific first aid principles and procedures.
3. Demonstrate
adequate skill proficiency in treating selected conditions/injuries such as examining vital signs, bandaging, and wrapping-splinting-slinging.
4. Demonstrate
adequate knowledge of conditions requiring cardiopulmonary resuscitation.
5. Demonstrate
adequate knowledge of cardiopulmonary care and resuscitation.
6. Demonstrate
adequate skill proficiency in administering rescue breathing, first aid for choking, and one- rescurer cardiopulmonary resuscitation.
7.
Demonstrate adequate knowledge of safety principles, safety hazards and measures of preventing common accidents.
8.
Demonstrate adequate knowledge in preparing a basic first aid kit.
REQUIRED TEXTBOOK
American
Red Cross (2005). First Aid: Responding to emergencies, (4th Ed.). San Bruno, CA: Staywell
ACS44203.442
COURSE EVALUATION
The final grade will be based upon:
1. Quiz 1
5%
2. Quiz 2
5%
3. Quiz 3
5%
4. Quiz 4
5%
5. Quiz 5
5%
6. Test 3A
10% Total 100%
Test 3B
10%
7. Test 4
10%
8. Test 5
10%
9. Test 6A
5%
Test 6B 10%
10. Skills Completion 20%
Quiz 1 – Ch 1-3.
Quiz 2 – Ch 3-5.
Quiz 3 – Ch 6-9.
Quiz 4 – Ch 10-14.
Quiz 5 – Ch 15-19.
Test 3A & B
Test 3A
is 30 multiple choice questions (American Red Cross Comprehensive Tests) on pages 1-127 (Adult CPR; Child & Infant CPR)
in the American Red Cross Book. (You must score 80 or above on this section to recieve certification in Adult, Infant and
Child CPR).
Test 3B
is 20 completion questions based on the application of the performance skills covered in chapters 1-9.
Test 4
Ch 10-14 in the American Red Cross Book and class notes.
Test 5
Ch. 15-19
in the American Red Cross Book and class notes.
Test 6A & B
Test 6A
is 20 multiple choice questions (American Red Cross Comprehensive Test) (First
Aid). (You must score 80 or above on this section to receive certification in (Community First Aid).
Test 6B
is 20 completion questions based on the application of the first aid skills.
Performance
Skills - Completion of Performance Skills
Rescue Breathing........................adult, child, infant
Choking Victim - Conscious.........adult, child, infant
Choking Victim - Unconscious......adult, child, infant
One Rescurer CPR.......................adult, child, infant
First Aid
Skills....................................TBA
***Daily
class participation is required.
Grading
Scale
A = 90 B = 80 - 89 C = 70 - 79 D = 60 - 69
F = 59-
* A complete course syllabus is available at the instructor's office.
Attendance: All university policies concerning class attendance
and student responsibilities can be found in the student handbook. Excessive tardiness will be noted, and the student will
not be noted to be in “full-attendance”(– specifically because it would be impossible to determine the information
that the student missed due to his/her tardiness). Penalties for absences will be enforced as needed on an individual
basis, should absences or tardies become an issue with any student.
CLASS ATTENDANCE POLICY AND RESPONSIBILITIES
The University is committed to the principal that regular and punctual class attendance is essential to the students'
optimum scholastic achievement. An absence, excused or unexcused does
not relieve the student of any course requirement.
Regular class attendance is a student obligation, and a student is responsible for all the work, including tests
and written work, of all class meetings.
INSTRUCTOR'S RESPONSIBILITY
1.
Description of attendance requirements should be stated in the course syllabus and announced in class, particularly
at the beginning of each term. If class attendance is to affect a student's course
grade, then a statement to that affect must be part of the course syllabus distributed to each student.
2.
Instructors will keep attendance records in all classes. Each instructor
has the right to prescribe procedures as to how and when attendance will be taken.
STUDENT'S RESPONSIBILTY
It is the responsibility of each student to learn and comply with the requirements set by the instructor for each class
in which one is registered. Additionally, each student has the following responsibilities:
1.
The student should have knowledge of each instructor's attendance and monitoring practices for class absences during
the term.
2.
The student should become familiar with all materials covered in each course during absences and make-up
any work required by the instructor.
3. The student should initiate the request
to make-up work on the first day of class attendance after the absence.
