Emergency Response Essentials: Promoting Wellness and Community Health

Catalog description

This course will promote wellness and community health by equipping learners with knowledge and skills to prevent, recognize, and respond to health emergencies. Participants will learn to identify and respond to various health emergencies, such as bleeding, choking, and drug/alcohol overdose. The collaborative roles of healthcare professionals in emergencies, such as first responders, will be discussed. Strategies to maintain mental health after experiencing trauma or loss will be examined. Counts as a Full-Semester Wellness/Non-movement course.