SM130:
Meeting Times, Location, & Course Delivery Details
In person class with out of class check off appointments as needed.
Contact Information
Textbook: American Heart Assoc HEARTSAVER Workbook- provided in class. Paid for by student/ class fee
Learning Outcomes:
- Understand the Emergency Medical System (EMS), including all its components, and how it works. (Cardiac Chain of Survival will be explained)
- Understand how to check an unconscious or conscious victim.
- Recognize signs of breathing emergencies, including choking, and cardiac emergencies, and demonstrate how to care for them.
- Identify risk factors/signs associated with cardiovascular disease and/or possible heart attack and how to minimize them.
- Demonstrate use of an AED for use on adults and children.
- Recognize life-threatening situations and how to control/deal with them until further medical help arrives.
- Recognize symptoms of shock and understand how to minimize its effects.
- Recognize soft tissue and musculoskeletal injuries and demonstrate how to care for them.
- Recognize sudden illness, poisoning/drug use, bites, stings, heat/cold emergencies and demonstrate how to care for them.
- Understand the importance of safety and emergency care in water related situations
- Describe how and when to move a victim in an emergency situation
- Demonstrate the proper use of PPE/ understand how to minimize the spread of BBP
Tentative Schedule:
Course Outline (Subject to change due to pace of class):
Week 1: Introduction, First Aid Rescuers, Personal Safety
8-18
Week 2: CPR and AED Use For Adults, Drug Overdose
8-25
Week 3: CPR and AED Use For Children, Water Safety
9-1 (Wed only)
Week 4:CPR for Infants, Medical Emergencies
9-8
Week 5: Medical Emergencies, Injury Emergencies
9-15
Week 6: Environmental Emergencies
9-22
Week 7: Prevention Strategies
9-29
Week 8: Final Exam written/Practical
10-6
***Skills check offs will occur outside of class (individual appointments with instructor) to assure proficiency of all skills. Will schedule as needed throughout 8 weeks***
Subject to change during the semester. Adequate notice of changes will be given.
Evaluation: Weekly quizzes 20 points each
Practical skill check offs 10 points each
Final Written Exam 60 points (30 questions, AHA test)
Final Practical Exam 100 points
<Exams and assignments may vary>
- Written & practical skill check offs must be passed by 84% or higher in order to receive a certification card from the American Heart Association. The certification card is good for 2 years.
- ***BBP is renewed annually (possibly required by workplaces).
- Practical check offs will be scheduled outside of regular class time
The grading scale will be as follows:
Grading Scale: 100-90% A 80-89% B
70-79% C 60-69% D
59% and below F
** No +/- grades
Evaluation: Weekly quizzes 20 points each
Practical skill check offs 10 points each
Final Written Exam 60 points (30 questions, AHA test)
Final Practical Exam 100 points
<Exams and assignments may vary>
- Written & practical skill check offs must be passed by 84% or higher in order to receive a certification card from the American Heart Association. The certification card is good for 2 years.
- ***BBP is renewed annually (possibly required by workplaces).
- Practical check offs will be scheduled outside of regular class time
Instructor Course Policies
Attendance Policy:
Students are expected to attend ALL classes when held. Class time will involve lecture, discussion, and practical application of skills that are learned throughout the course. Skills will build upon one another, and proficiency is needed in order to progress to the next level. Two (2) or more absences will result in an “F” for the class, regardless of other grades earned. See the current Student Handbook for the College’s Attendance Policy especially as it pertains to excused absences.
Academic Misconduct: Academic misconduct is a serious offense and cause for a failing grade in this course. A letter about the incident will be placed in the student’s permanent file in the Office of Academic Affairs. Students may also be called to a judicial hearing before the Academic Standards and Appeals Committee.
“See the current Student Handbook for the College’s Academic Integrity policies as they pertain to examinations, plagiarism, classroom behavior, and the process for handling academic misconduct charges.”
Examples of academic dishonesty pertain to but are not limited to, cheating on assignments or examinations, plagiarizing, misrepresenting as your own work any part of work done by another, classroom behavior, or interfering with another student’s work.
** AI use will NOT be permitted in this class**
***No in class use of cell phones or texting! This will be considered academic misconduct!***
Institutional and Program-Level Policies
All exams will follow the Final Exam Schedule. Students scheduled to take three or more final examinations on one day may request to arrange their examination schedule, so no more than two exams occur on one day.
Requests for early or late exams are considered only under extreme circumstances. Prior to the exam period, the student must file a written request on the Early/Late Exam Form available in the Student One Stop Center, Academic Records, and on the WC portal. The form must be signed by the Instructor and the Academic Dean, approving the alternate exam time. This process must be completed prior to the scheduled exam period.
Undergraduate: SP25 Final Exam Schedule Graduate:
Out-of-class Work Expectation A minimum of 2 hours of out-of-class student work is expected for each hour of in-class time for traditional face-to-face courses. For online and hybrid courses, the combination of face-to-face time and out-of-class work should be equal to 3 hours per credit hour per week. |
Instructional Course Delivery |
Academic Integrity Policy The use of generative AI is prohibited except where expressly allowed in assignment instructions. |
Class Attendance Policy |
Accessibility and Disability Services
Accessibility and Disability Services
Wilmington College provides accommodations and services for student with a variety of disabilities, including chronic illnesses, psychological, physical, medical, learning, and sensory disability amongst others. If you anticipate or experience barriers based on disability and feel you may need a reasonable accommodation to fulfill the essential functions of this course, you are encouraged to contact:
Spencer Izor, Associate Vice President of Compliance - Title IX/ADA Coordinator at spencer.izor@wilmington.edu or 937-481-2365 or Nathan Flack, Academic Resource Manager at 937-481-2208 to learn more about the process and procedures for requesting accommodations, or by visiting College Hall Room 306a or the Robinson Communication Center, Room 103.
Religious Accommodations
Wilmington College strives for an inclusive climate and welcomes students from all backgrounds, faiths, and experiences. If religious observance impedes your ability to participate fully in classroom activities or a principal holiday from your religious tradition occurs during the semester and conflicts with class meetings or activities, please make the professor aware of this immediately to determine if a reasonable accommodation is possible.