9055    Health: Student First Responders

This accelerated health course offers training to respond in a variety of health crises. Students will be certified in the Responding to Emergencies series with CPR, AED, and First Aid. Students will also gain training in Wilderness and Remote First Aid, and mental health/ suicide intervention. Students will be better equipped to respond to a peer, family, or individual crisis related to cardiac/physical injury, wilderness response, or mental health. Other topics will include nutrition, decision-making skills, healthy relationships, and analyzing social determinants of health. This class will satisfy the sophomore Health requirement.  Prerequisite(s): Biology or Principles of Biomedical Sciences.  Instructor approval is required if pre-requisites are not met.

.5 Credit