NAGA COLLEGE FOUNDATION

MT Villanueva Avenue., Naga City 4400, Philippines

Criminal Justice Education Department

I - Course Name: First Aid and Water Safety

II – Course Description: The scope of this course covers the principles of first aid in
emergencies, different methods of transfer, application of artificial respiration and treatment
of shock, first aid in case involving burns and convulsions, immobilizing and transferring the
victim to a place of safety, and transporting the injured to the hospital. It also includes a
special instructions in swimming and forms of rescue operation, resuscitation in the recovery
of submerged victims, safety measures and accident prevention.

III – No. of Units: 2 units: 2 hour lecture / unit

IV – No. of Hours per Week: 2 hours

V – Course Objectives:

At the end of this course, the students should be able to understand these
objectives:

1. Identifying the cause of injury and acting.

2. Prioritize and be time wise.
3. Understand the working of human body.
4. Understand the role as first aid provider, do not play doctor.

VI – Course Contents

Time Topics/Sub-topics Teaching Assessment/

Frame Strategies Evaluation
Week 1 Orientation of the Subject and
Distribution of Course Outline
CHAPTER I Lecture Quiz
Week 2- GENERAL FIRST AID Discussion Group Activity/
1. Definition of First Aid Recitation Actual Application
2. Rules of the First Aid Class
Week 3 3. Guidelines in giving emergency Demonstration Prelim
care Examination
4. Emergency action principles
Week 4 5. Golden Rules in emergency
6. Character of a good first aid
provider

CHAPTER II Demonstration Graded Recitation/

EMERGENCY RESCUE AND Lecture Actual Application
TRANSFER
Week 5- 1. Definition of emergency Rescue Midterm
2. Indication of Emergency Rescue Examination
Week 6 3. Pointers to be observed during
transfer
Week 7-8 4. Methods of Transfer

CHAPTER III Lecture Graded Recitation

SOFT TISSUES AND SPECIFIC Recitation Semi-Final
 FUNCTIONS Examination
Week 9 5. Classification of Wounds
Week 10 6. First Aid care for wounds
Week 11 7. Dressing and bandaging
Week 12-13 8. Uses and Methods of different
bandages
CHAPTER IV Lecture Recitation
CARDIOPULMONARY Discussion Actual Application
RESUSCITATION (CPR) Demonstration
Week 14 1. Introduction to Artificial Final Examination
Respiration
2. Stage of Life Support
3. Respiratory emergency and
artificial respiration
Week 15-16 4. Methods of artificial respiration
5. Objectives of artificial respiration
6. Important aspects of artificial
respiration
7. Swimming
8. Seminar on First Aid, Water
Safety, Search and Rescue

VI – Course Requirements:

The entire course of study is to be conducted through lectures, discussions,

recitation, quizzes and major examination which the students are expected to accomplish, it
has the following percentage distribution:

Examination - 40%
Quiz/Recitation - 15%
Actual Application - 40%
Deportment/Attendance - 5%
Total - 100%

VII – Textbooks/References

1. Mosher, Charles, EMERGENCY FIRST AID, Manila: Educational Publishing House,

c1994
2. Kerwin- Nye, Anita, FIRST AID HANDBOOK; WS Pacific Publication, INC.
3. Thygerson, Alton L., FIRST AID HANDBOOK, Jones and Bartlett Publisher

Prepared by:

MARY GRACE L. VILLAR

(Instructor)

Noted by: Approved:

DR. MARILYN F BALARES DR. AIDA P. OSEA

Dean – CCJE VP for Academic Affairs

NCF-FORM-CJED-30
July 30, 2009 Rev 00