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1 ARC First Aid for Public Safety personnel (Title 22 First Aid) Instructor Notes April 2007. American Red Cross First Aid for Public Safety personnel ( ). Instructor Notes for Use with the American Red Cross Emergency Response Textbook and Instructor Manual Copyright 2003 by the American National Red Cross . All rights reserved. No part of this document may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means without prior written consent. When combined with American Red Cross Emergency Response materials and taught by a duly certified and authorized American Red Cross instructor, this document is an integral part of the American Red Cross First Aid for Public Safety personnel course. By themselves, these materials do not constitute complete and comprehensive training.

2 The emergency care procedures outlined in this document and in the American Red Cross Emergency Response materials reflect the standard of knowledge and accepted emergency practice in the United States at the time these documents were published. It is your responsibility as instructor to stay informed of changes in emergency care procedures and revisions to the American Red Cross Emergency Response materials. Staying in touch with the local chapter of the American Red Cross can help you do this. Ron Arendas developed this course and created these notes for the American Red Cross . For more information about this course, contact the Orange County Red Cross , 601 N. Golden Circle, Santa Ana, CA 92705. Special thanks to Tom Broadston, Debbie Graves, Margey LaRue, Judith Sperling and Vic Subarbro who reviewed this document and/or contributed to its content.

3 His document serves as a resource for instructors of the American Red Cross First Aid for Public Safety personnel (FAPSP) course, also known as Title 22 First Aid. This course has been designed in an effort to provide California fire fighters, peace officers, and lifeguards with a certification course that meets the First aid training requirements found in Title 22 of the California Code of Regulations. The FAPSP course is taught using these notes and the American Red Cross Emergency Response Instructor's Manual. Participants use the American Red Cross Emergency Response textbook and, as an option, the American Red Cross Emergency Response Workbook. These notes provide an overall outline for the course, identifies portions of the Emergency Response materials that apply to the course, and provides additional resources such as skill sheets, written tests, scenario worksheets, etc.

4 These notes contain information unique to the FAPSP course. For general information, such as the format of the Instructor's Manual, class Safety , running practice sessions, and so on, refer to the American Red Cross Emergency Response Instructor's Manual. Course Purpose The purpose of the American Red Cross FAPSP course is to provide the participant with the knowledge and skills necessary to meet the First aid requirements for lifeguards, fire fighters, and peace officers as defined in Title 22 of the California Code of Regulations. 1. ARC First Aid for Public Safety personnel (Title 22 First Aid) Instructor Notes April 2007. The course content and activities will prepare participants to make appropriate decisions about the care to provide in an emergency.

5 Course Objectives It is your responsibility as instructor to see that participants meet the learning objectives listed at the beginning of each chapter in the American Red Cross Emergency Response textbook. Course Design The FAPSP course is composed of four units: UNIT 1: The First Responder/Assessment UNIT 2: Specific Injuries UNIT 3: Muscle and Bone Injuries UNIT 4: Medical Emergencies Each unit is made of lessons, skill practices, and optional enrichment sections from the Emergency Response course. Except where indicated in this document, the lessons, skill practices, and enhancement sections are taught directly from the American Red Cross Emergency Response Instructor's Manual using the time periods and materials indicated in the lesson plan.

6 For more information about which lessons to use from the Emergency Response lesson plan, refer to the course outline in these instructor notes. INSTRUCTOR NOTE: The Title 22 statute calls for 6 hours of CPR and 15 hours of First aid. Additionally, the statute indicates that AED training may be added as an option. Since the Red Cross already has nationally sponsored courses that provide professional CPR and AED training ( , Lifeguard Training with AED or CPR for the Professional Rescuer with AED), these materials are not included in this outline. If participants need CPR and/or AED training, the appropriate course should be taught First , followed by the FAPSP course. Course Flexibility This course is designed to be flexible in delivery. The four units that make up the course may be taught together as a full course, followed by a comprehensive 100-question written test, or each unit may be taught separately, followed by a 25-question unit written exam.

7 In this way, the course may be planned to fit the budgetary or scheduling constraints of an agency's in-service training program. INSTRUCTOR NOTE: When teaching the course as separate units, each unit should be separated by no more than 30 days. Course Expansion The course is also designed for expansion, if necessary, from the basic outline by adding optional lessons and enrichment sections listed in the course outline. When all optional lessons and enrichment sections are added, the total time for the course can 2. ARC First Aid for Public Safety personnel (Title 22 First Aid) Instructor Notes April 2007. be increased to approximately 17 hours. INSTRUCTOR NOTE: The optional sections have been added as additional topics to be used, if desired, to provide a more complete in-service training session.

8 Abbreviated Course Outlines This document also contains the following abbreviated FAPSP course outlines: FAPSP Review Course. This course outline can be used to teach FAPSP to individuals with current American Red Cross FAPSP certificates or equivalent. FAPSP Review Challenge. This course outline can be used to test out individuals who have had FAPSP training or equivalent previously, whether or not the individuals have current certificates. Instructor Qualifications To be eligible to teach this course, you must: Hold a current First Aid for Public Safety personnel certification or equivalent and/or complete the First Aid for Public Safety personnel Instructor Group Orientation or Self-Test. INSTRUCTOR NOTE: As an alternative to holding a basic certificate and/or completing a Group Orientation or a Self-Test, an instructor candidate who meets all the other qualifications may complete an apprenticeship by assisting with FAPSP.

9 Course taught by a current instructor. Hold one of the following combinations of instructor certifications: - American Red Cross Emergency Response Instructor - American Red Cross Lifeguarding Instructor - American Red Cross CPR/AED for Professional Rescuer Instructor combined with any of the following: American Red Cross Responding to Emergencies Instructor, American Red Cross First Aid/CPR/AED Instructor, American Red Cross Workplace: Standard First Aid Instructor, or American Red Cross Sports Safety Training Instructor. Receive certification and authorization from your local Red Cross unit. Course Materials and Equipment The FAPSP course uses the same participant materials as described in the American Red Cross Emergency Response course. Some of these materials are optional as indicated in the list that follows.

10 3. ARC First Aid for Public Safety personnel (Title 22 First Aid) Instructor Notes April 2007. For the Class The following is a list of required/recommended materials for the class: TV and VCR. Other viewing equipment: overhead projector and/or slide projector (optional). Videos: American Red Cross Emergency Response video set and American Red Cross Emergency Childbirth video. Other visual aids: Emergency Response slides, color transparencies, and/or transparency masters (optional). Chalk board, white board, or newsprint (optional). For Each Participant The following is a list of required/recommended materials to be provided by the instructor for each participant: Name tag, name tent, etc. FAPSP written examination from this document. Alternate FAPSP written exam from this document (optional).