First Aid
If you have ever been personally involved in an emergency situation, or if you have had one happen right before your eyes, you will understand how critical it is to have first aid skills in such situations. When you’ve been through this comprehensive first aid class, you’ll have the requisite skills to handle almost any emergency situation, until professional help arrives.
In fact, that’s the whole concept of the program in the first place – it’s meant to provide critical care immediately, so that the first positive steps toward recovery can be made. While no one will be expecting you to have the skills of a medical professional, those first steps after an accident can literally be life-saving measures in some situations.
This first aid class thoroughly covers the widest possible range of wounds and common injuries that might occur everyday. Below is a description of what’s included in some of the individual modules comprising this program. As you will see, it is a very thorough and balanced approach to addressing the skill sets needed to help someone survive those first critical moments after an accident, or unexpected medical condition.
First Aid Certification Class, Training, and Testing
After you have finished all the modules of the class, there will be multiple-choice exam which is comprised of questions from the class material in each of the modules described above. Certification requirements call for you to correctly answer at least seven of the 10 questions on the exam. In the event that you failed to achieve the necessary seven correct answers, you will have the option to re-take the examination as often as needed, after refreshing yourself on the class material.
First Aid Recertification
The reason that re-certification is required every two years is simply to ensure that first responders keep their skills fresh and in good practice, so that they are ready to deliver first aid when called upon. It may be a little bit inconvenient for you to have to re-certify every two years, but the potential value to those people who need your skills makes it all worthwhile.
The re-certification process itself can be completed in a very short period of time, and it can be tailored to your personal needs, with regard to how much or how little you desire to review. You may want to re-learn the entire class to keep all the details fresh in your mind, or you may feel that you have retained it all very well, in which case you’ll have the option to go straight to the final exam.