First AidLaajuus (2 cr)

Objectives

The student
-is able to act on his/her own initiative in different emergency situations in the most common illness and emergency situations taking into consideration safety and the need of mental first aid

Content

-recognition of emergency situations and call for help
-first aid for a person who is unconscious or suffering from a fit
-basic cardiopulmonary resuscitation and CPR-D (defibrillation) of children or adults
-first aid of trauma patients
-mental first aid

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1-2)

-can describe how first aid is given in the most common illness and emergency situations paying attention to the need for safety and mental first aid
-has passed the resuscitation demonstration acceptably

Assessment criteria, good (3-4)

-can reasonably explain how first aid is given in the most common illness and emergency situations paying attention to the need for safety and mental first aid
-can give first aid in the most common illness and emergency situations paying attention to the need for safety and mental first aid
-has passed the resuscitation demonstration acceptably

Assessment criteria, excellent (5)

-can apply his/her knowledge about first aid versatilely in illness and emergency situations and can examine the first aid given from different perspectives and can give first aid justifying his/her actions
-pays attention to safety and mental first aid when giving first aid
-has passed the resuscitation demonstration acceptably

Assessment criteria, pass/fail

Fail:
-absence from class, has not participated in group work
-has not reached 50% of the points of the first aid test
-has not passed the resuscitation demonstration acceptably