First Aid Basics
Gain the skills to recognize and respond to common emergencies. This awareness course for caregivers and community responders includes a certificate of completion.
Course Introduction: First Aid Basics
Lesson 1.1: Welcome to the Workshop
Lesson 1.2: What to Expect
Lesson 1.3: Why First Aid Matters: Everyday Heroes
Lesson 2.1: Chain of Survival
Lesson 2.2: Check, Call, Care: A Systematic Approach to Emergencies
Video: Check, Call, Care Adult
Video: Check, Call, Care Child
Lesson 2.3: Step 1: Check – What to Observe, Ask, and Consider
Lesson 2.4: Step 2: Call – How to Get Help and What to Say
Lesson 2.5: Step 3: Care – Monitoring, Comfort, and Support While Help Is on the Way
Lesson 2.6: Recognizing Medical Emergencies: Conditions, Signs, and Symptoms
Lesson 2.7: Being Ready to Respond: Awareness, Confidence, and Calm
Quiz: Emergency Response Foundations
Lesson 3.1: Choking: Recognition and Response
Lesson 3.2: Choking in Adults: Video Demonstration
Lesson 3.3: Choking in Children: Video Demonstration
Lesson 3.4: Choking in Infants: Video Demonstration
Lesson 3.5: Key Takeaways and What Comes Next: Choking Emergencies
Quiz: Choking Response: Infants, Children, Adults
Lesson 4.1: Introduction to CPR and AED: When Every Second Counts
Lesson 4.2: Recognizing Cardiac Arrest and Knowing When to Act
Lesson 4.3: Adult CPR – Compression-Only CPR with AED Use
Lesson 4.4: Video Lesson Adult CPR (Compression-Only)
Lesson 4.5: Video Lesson Adult AED Use with CPR and Breaths
Lesson 4.6: Child CPR – Compression-Only for a Child
Lesson 4.7: Video Lesson Child AED Use with CPR and Breaths
Lesson 4.8: Infant CPR - Compression-Only
Lesson 4.9: AED Use with CPR – Infant
Lesson 4.10: Module Summary – CPR & AED
Quiz: CPR and AED Response
Lesson 5.1: Understanding Bleeding and the Role of the Skin
Lesson 5.2: Controlling Life-Threatening Bleeding
Lesson 5.3: Video Lesson – Putting On and Taking Off Gloves
Video: Putting on Gloves
Video: Taking Off Gloves
Proper Handwashing
Lesson 5.4: Video Lesson– Controlling Life-Threatening Bleeding
Lesson 5.5: Wound Care for Minor Bleeding and Skin Injuries
Lesson 5.6: Special Situations – Severe Bleeding and Tourniquet Use
Video: Applying a Tourniquet
Quiz: Life-Threatening Bleeding and Wound Awareness
Lesson 6.1: Understanding Breathing Emergencies
Lesson 6.2: Asthma – Recognition and Response
Lesson 6.3: Anaphylaxis – Recognition and Response
Lesson 6.4: – Video Demonstration Using an Epinephrine Auto-Injector (EpiPen)
Quiz: Breathing Emergencies-Asthma and Anaphylaxis