CORRESPONDENCE COURSE U.S. ARMY MEDICAL DEPARTMENT CENTER AND SCHOOL SUBCOURSE MD0532 EDITION 200 CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION As a member of the Army Medical Department, you are expected to know how to perform basic lifesaving procedures in an emergency. Such emergencies can occur anywhere -- on the battlefield, in your home, in a restaurant, or on the highway. In such an emergency, a person's life may depend upon your knowledge of what to do and upon your ability to do the procedure properly and quickly. This subcourse provides instruction which will enable you to remove an obstruction from a casualty's airway, restore respiration to a casualty who has stopped breathing, and restore blood circulation to a casualty whose heart has stopped beating. Instruction is provided for performing these procedures for an adult casualty, a child, and an infant. Study and know these procedures BEFORE you are faced with an emergency. ---------------------- Length: 131 Pages Estimated Hours to Complete: 10 Format: PDF file Size: 1.2 MB ---------------------- Subcourse Components: Lesson 1, Review of the Circulatory and Respiratory Systems. Lesson 2, Heart Attack and Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation. Lesson 3, Initiate Rescue Breathing on an Adult. Lesson 4, Perform Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation on an Adult. Lesson 5, Remove an Upper Airway Obstruction in an Adult. Lesson 6, Perform Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation on a Child or Infant. Lesson 7, Remove an Airway Obstruction in a Child or Infant. Lesson 8, Administer CPR and Automated External Defibrillation on an Unconscious Casualty with Suspected Cardiac Arrest. ---------------------------- Anyone may take this course. However, to receive credit hours, you must be officially enrolled and complete an examination furnished by the Nonresident Instruction Branch at Fort Sam Houston, Texas. Enrollment is normally limited to Department of Defense personnel. Others may apply for enrollment, but acceptance is not guaranteed. This file is in PDF format and requires a PDF reader. A free PDF reader is available from Adobe through the link below. This Course in available only by Download. |
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