Bystander Basics

Bystander Basics is a two-hour life supporting first aid (LSFA) course that includes one-hour Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) that teaches young adults basic skills to help save a life. Bystander Basics will equip those 13 years and older with skills they need to know if confronted with a life-threatening emergency. The curriculum can be a review of what they previously learned with Save A Life For Kids, with an additional one-hour hands-on CPR training, a stand-alone program in adult language, or a module with advanced courses. The message is basic and repetitive so each student will eventually feel completely comfortable to proactively aid in an emergency. Subjects covered include:

Scene Safety
Recognizing an emergency
Opening an airway
Early Heart Attack Care
Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) for infant, child, and adult
Contacting local EMS
Control Bleeding
Heimlich Maneuver, for infant, child, and adult
Rescue Breathing, for infant, child, and adult

About the Course

This course enhances all internationally recognized first aid guidelines. This course provides those who wouldn't necessarily need advanced training, with basic skills, needed to maintain the life of the injured or ill until professional help arrives.

Credentials

All SALF courses have been inspired and reviewed by internationally renowned emergency physicians including Dr. Peter Safar (father of CPR), Dr. Henry Heimlich (Heimlich Maneuver) and many more. Most importantly our course is based on the skills that our emergency professionals need performed by the general public, prior to their arrival. Both Save A Life For Kids and Bystander Basics have been used in the US Dept. of Health and Human Services' Maternal Child Health Bureau's school emergency preparedness framework, Basic Emergency Lifesaving Skills (BELS).

Instructors

Individuals with emergency medical credentials teach all SALF courses. They complete a 4-hour teaching skills orientation. These professionals are well versed on the practice of each technique they are about to train, but many need the additional ability of translating these techniques into laymen's language. Subsequently, Instructors are required to attend a yearly seminar to share their experiences, express their points of view and learn from keynote speakers within the school and emergency medical community.

Materials

All SALF courses are geared towards keeping training costs low, yet producing a highly effective course. Both the Instructor Manuals and student books have been developed to contain consistent and essential information in a simplified format to keep training time and materials at a minimum. Each page of the Instructor Manual reinforces the step-by-step role of the "Bystander" that the student receives from their take home handbook. A student completion card is included at no additional charge.

Outcome Goals of Save A Life Foundation

That the student will understand and feel comfortable in the use of each skill
That the student will understand the role of EMS verse his or her Pre-EMS role.
That the student will become more civic minded should a man-made, natural or personal disaster occur.
That the student will feel more confident to handle a life threatening emergency

Outcome Goals of SALF Instructors in teaching the masses

That his students will recognize an emergency and take necessary action
That his students actions will increase survival rate among victims through quick and effective intervention, before EMS arrives
That his students will become more civic minded to aid the injured or ill should advance care be delayed
That his students will have a more profound and widespread community understanding of the role of EMS verses the Pre-EMS role of the general public

Save A Life Foundation works closely with Departments of Public Health, Education and Children and Family Services to provide you with a premium service at a convenient time and location.

All programs have been reviewed and approved by internationally renowned emergency medical experts on SALF's boards as well as federal, state and local medical and educational agencies publicly listed.

Proceeds from adult paid training are used to provide free training for school children.