Essentials in Basic Emergency Care

The Essentials program is designed to arm laypersons with the minimum knowledge and skills necessary to provide emergency care for injury or sudden illness during the brief interval between incident and EMS arrival. This program includes four modules:

Emergency Action Steps: Assessment of the Scene and Victim

Basic Life Support (includes Airway Management and CPR, AED and Emergency Oxygen)

Bloodborne Pathogens

Basic First Aid: Care for Injuries and Sudden Illness
Only "essential" information is covered in this program. This approach allows students to quickly integrate the skills from each module into the next.

Following successful completion of Essentials in Basic Emergency Care, a student should be able to quickly assess the scene and victim and provide appropriate care for the victim(s) until professionals arrive.