When you provide first aid, it is important that you help both the victim and yourself. Take this course to find out how to avoid legal liability, prevent disease transmission and determine how and when to move victims. This course will remind you how to assess the scene and the victim as well as how to recognize cardiac incidents, perform CPR, treat choking and put victims in the recovery position. This course will also discuss bleeding control, shock and anaphylaxis, burns and electrical shock, sudden illnesses, as well as poisonings and bites. Additionally, this course will also refresh your memory for initial treatment of brain, spine, chest, abdominal, and pelvic injuries as well as bone, joint, and muscle injuries. Lastly, this course will discuss cold and heat emergencies.

This Medic Moment course was developed in partnership with Yale New Haven Health Center for EMS. This course demonstrates how to use CPAP to support a patient having trouble breathing with the use of continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP).

This Medic Moment course was developed in partnership with Yale New Haven Health Center for EMS. This course demonstrates how to assess a patient with a cervical spine injury to determine if they require a cervical collar.

This microlearning course was recorded at FDIC and JEMS Con with expert Mark Litwinko describing the importance of ballistic protection and help from law enforcement when responding to active threat events.

This Medic Moment course was developed in partnership with Yale New Haven Health Center for EMS. This course demonstrates how to safely apply a cervical collar to a supine patient with a C-spine injury, and how to safely move them from a scene.

This Medic Moment course was developed in partnership with Yale New Haven Health Center for EMS. This course demonstrates how to establish IO access in both the proximal tibia and humeral head sites.

This Medic Moment course was developed in partnership with Yale New Haven Health Center for EMS. This course demonstrates the procedure for administering an intramuscular (IM) injection.

This Medic Moment course was developed in partnership with Yale New Haven Health Center for EMS. This course demonstrates how to administer an IV bolus to a patient.

This Medic Moment course was developed in partnership with Yale New Haven Health Center for EMS. This course demonstrates how to properly insert an NPA into a patient’s nasal cavity as a BLS airway.

This Medic Moment course was developed in partnership with Yale New Haven Health Center for EMS. This course demonstrates how to use needle decompression to assist a patient experiencing tension pneumothorax.

This Medic Moment course was developed in partnership with Yale New Haven Health Center for EMS. This course demonstrates the steps to properly insert an OPA to open a patient’s airway to allow ventilation.