CPR + First Aid for Adults
Course Content
- Welcome to the Course
- Medical Emergencies
- Universal Precautions
- Cardiac Arrest
- Choking
- Bleeding Control
- Injuries
- Sudden Illness
- Heat and Cold Emergencies
- Prevention
- Conclusion
Practice: Adult AED
I check for scene and safety both for the rescuer and for the use of an AED, and the scene is safe. I call out to the patient, are you okay? no response. Sir, can you hear me? no response. You in the plaid shirt, go call 911 and come back, and if you can find an AED bring it with you. For this scenario, I already have an AED, so I'll go ahead and turn it on. Clear the chest, dry off the chest. It's an adult patient, so I need adult pads. Not touching the patient. Clear, one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten, eleven, twelve, thirteen, fourteen, fifteen, sixteen, seventeen, eighteen, nineteen, twenty, twenty-one, twenty-two, twenty-three, twenty- four, twenty-six, twenty-seven, twenty-eight, twenty-nine, thirty. one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten, eleven, twelve, thirteen, fourteen, fifteen, sixteen, seventeen, eighteen, nineteen, twenty, twenty- one, twenty-two, twenty-three, twenty-four, twenty-five, twenty-eight, twenty-nine, thirty. one, and two, and three, and four, and five, and six, and seven, eight and nine, ten, eleven, twelve, thirteen, fourteen, fifteen, sixteen, seventeen, eighteen, nineteen, twenty, twenty one, twenty-two, twenty-three, twenty-four, twenty-five, twenty-six, twenty-seven, twenty- eight, twenty-nine, thirty. one, and two, and three, and four, and five, and six, and seven, and eight, and nine, and ten, eleven, twelve, thirteen, fourteen, fifteen, sixteen, seventeen, eighteen, nineteen, twenty, twenty one, twenty-two, twenty-three, twenty-four, twenty-five, twenty-six, twenty-seven, twenty- eight, twenty-nine, thirty. one, and two, and three, and four, and five, and six, and seven, and eight nine, and ten, eleven, twelve, thirteen, fourteen, fifteen, sixteen, seventeen, eighteen, nineteen, twenty, twenty-one, twenty- two, twenty-three, twenty-four, twenty-five, twenty-six, twenty-seven, twenty-eight, twenty- nine, thirty. one, and two, and three, and four, and five, and six, and seven, and eight and nine, and ten. Now, in this scenario practice, you may have noticed how the AED pads came up off the chest of the mannequin. You know, in my experience, as a street paramedic, I have seen that happen with real AED's as well. It could be anything from an outdated pad set, to not enough conduction jelly. It doesn't really matter whether it's from that or whether the patient's chest is wet from sweat, because they're actively having a heart attack or whatever the case may be, or going to shock. If those pads won't adhere, you need to remove them and refresh them with a fresh set, after you've re-dried off the chest, shaving any of the hair that may be that pads are actually floating on top of off, and try to re-adhere them to the chest, because if they're not making a good connection to the full chest wall, they run the risk of not being able to analyze correctly, and not being able to shock correctly. So, this is a vitally important thing to talk about, and it was convenient, because we had that issue while we practice with the manikin.
Learn how to give CPR with an AED to an adult who is unconscious and not breathing by watching the procedure performed on a manikin.