HSCI 3050 - Emergency Preparedness and Response

(2) Credit Hours
Prerequisite: BIOL 2452K, HSCI 2000
This course will provide students with the knowledge to respond to healthcare emergencies and health care professionals. Risk factors for various cardiovascular illnesses and events will be explored. Students will learn about various first responder roles outside the acute care setting and medical response team roles in the acute setting. Students will have the ability to obtain his/her CPR health care provider certification during the course, along with First Aid and Stop the Bleed. Students who have an unexpired BCLS/ AED/ certification will need to perform only one BCLS CPR, re-take the CPR test, and complete the other course requirements.