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Training for Immediate Response
The program has an adaptive learning component, where training can be customized to engage each student based on their existing knowledge base. “Some of our students say that adaptive learning is helpful because it allows them to recall what they learned from a previous class,” Castagna says.
Getting workers ready for medical emergencies
In an emergency, bystanders can be a critical lifeline until professionals arrive, yet nearly half of U.S. adults are unprepared to help in a medical crisis, according to a recent survey from the American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP).
Further, training is strongly correlated to taking action. Nine-in-10 adults trained in any form of emergency response skill (91 percent) are willing to take action in an emergency, according to the ACEP survey.
Against this backdrop, my organization and ACEP recently released a course called “Until Help Arrives,” designed to educate and empower bystanders to take action and provide lifesaving care if they are first on the scene during an emergency.
The 90-minute online course covers five fundamental actions that can be taken during a life-threatening emergency that can help sustain or save a life until EMS arrives:
- Hands-only CPR (no breaths)
- Automated external defibrillator (AED) use
- Choking first aid
- Severe bleeding control, including use of a tourniquet
- Administering naloxone for an opioid overdose.
This article originally appeared in the September 2023 issue of Occupational Health & Safety.