Professional Rescuer Cpr

This program provides individuals who have a job-related duty to respond to emergencies with the knowledge and skills to recognize and provide care in respiratory and cardiac emergencies.

About the National Safety Council Program

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Contents

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Acknowledgments

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Emergency Cardiac Care and the Professional Rescuer

1

(11)

Professional Rescuers and EMS Systems

2

(1)

Preparing for Emergencies

3

(1)

Disease Transmission and Precautions

4

(1)

Hepatitis

4

(1)

Human Immunodeficiency Virus

4

(1)

Tuberculosis

4

(1)

Protection

5

(1)

Cardiovascular Disease: Improving the Odds

5

(2)

Risk Factors

5

(2)

Prevention: Heart-Healthy Living

7

(1)

The Chain of Survival

7

(2)

Early Access to Care

8

(1)

Early CPR

8

(1)

Early Defibrillation

8

(1)

Early Advanced Cardiac Life Support

8

(1)

Legal and Ethical Considerations

9

(2)

Duty to Act

9

(1)

Standard of Care

9

(1)

Consent

9

(1)

Advance Directives

9

(1)

Withholding or Discontinuing CPR

10

(1)

Good Samaritan Laws

10

(1)

Prep Kit

11

(1)

Understanding the Human Body

12

(8)

Body Systems

13

(3)

The Nervous System

13

(1)

The Respiratory System

14

(1)

The Circulatory System

15

(1)

When Body Systems Fail

16

(3)

Respiratory System Failure

16

(1)

Circulatory System Failure

17

(2)

Prep Kit

19

(1)

Patient Assessment

20

(4)

Assessing the Emergency Scene

21

(1)

Assessing the Patient

21

(2)

Airway

22

(1)

Breathing

22

(1)

Circulation

22

(1)

Prep Kit

23

(1)

Basic Life Support for Adults and Children

24

(14)

Position the Unresponsive Patient

25

(3)

Open the Airway

25

(1)

Check Breathing

26

(1)

Perform Rescue Breathing

26

(1)

Check Circulation

27

(1)

Perform CPR

28

(3)

Adult CPR

28

(1)

Child CPR

29

(1)

Two-Rescuer CPR

29

(1)

Stopping CPR

30

(1)

CPR Complications and Errors

30

(1)

Airway Obstruction

31

(3)

Causes of Airway Obstruction

31

(1)

Types of Airway Obstruction

31

(1)

Managing Airway Obstruction in Responsive Adults and Children

31

(1)

Special Situations

32

(1)

Managing Airway Obstruction in Unresponsive Adults and Children

33

(1)

Check Point: One-Rescuer Adult and Child CPR

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(1)

Check Point: Two-Rescuer Adult and Child CPR

34

(1)

Check Point: Responsive Adult or Child Airway Obstruction

35

(1)

Check Point: Unresponsive Adult or Child Airway Obstruction

35

(1)

Prep Kit

36

(2)

Basic Life Support for Infants

38

(9)

Check Responsiveness

39

(3)

Open the Airway

39

(1)

Check Breathing

39

(1)

Perform Rescue Breathing

40

(1)

Check Circulation

41

(1)

CPR for Infants

41

(1)

Airway Obstruction

42

(1)

Managing the Responsive Infant with an Airway Obstruction

42

(1)

Managing the Unresponsive Infant with an Airway Obstruction

42

(1)

Check Point: One-Rescuer Infant CPR

43

(1)

Check Point: Responsive Infant Airway Obstruction

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(1)

Check Point: Unresponsive Infant Airway Obstruction

44

(1)

Prep Kit

45

(2)

Rescuscitation Adjuncts

47

(13)

Suction Devices

48

(1)

Manual Suction Devices

48

(1)

Mechanical Suction Devices

48

(1)

Airways

49

(1)

Oral Airways

49

(1)

Nasal Airways

49

(1)

Ventilation Devices

50

(3)

Ventilation Masks

50

(1)

Multi-Lumen Airways

51

(1)

Bag-Valve-Mask Devices

52

(1)

Oxygen-Powered Ventilators

53

(1)

Automated External Defibrillation

53

(4)

The Heart's Electrical System

54

(1)

Automated External Defibrillation

54

(2)

Maintenance

56

(1)

Check Point: Automated External Defibrillator

57

(1)

Prep Kit

58

(2)

Special Resuscitation Situations

60

(6)

Trauma

61

(1)

Care

61

(1)

Drowing

61

(1)

Water Rescue

61

(1)

Care

62

(1)

Hypothermia

62

(2)

Care

63

(1)

Electric Shock

64

(1)

Safety

64

(1)

Care

64

(1)

Prep Kit

65

(1)

Glossary

66

(3)

Index

69

(3)

Additional Photo Credits

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