First Aid/CPR/AED Participant’s Manual

Be ready and prepared to care for an injured or ill person using first aid, CPR and AED skills. The Red Cross First Aid/CPR/AED Participant’s Manual supports the courses in the Red Cross First Aid/CPR/AED program and teaches the knowledge and skills to give immediate care to an injured or ill person and to decide whether advanced medical care is needed. This manual provides information regarding recognizing an emergency, the emergency action steps, recognizing cardiac arrest, signs of a heart attack, giving CPR, the cardiac chain of survival, how to use an AED, care for choking, care for sudden illnesses and other life-threatening injuries. There is additional information and skills such as how to assist with an asthma inhaler, epinephrine auto-injector, splinting, tourniquet application and naloxone administration. The care steps in the program are consistent with the 2020 International Liaison Committee on Resuscitation (ILCOR) Consensus on Science and Treatment Recommendations for CPR and Emergency Cardiovascular Care (ECC) and the 2020 American Heart Association and American Red Cross Guidelines for CPR and First Aid.