StretchLearn Course

Be Ready When It Matters Most

Understand the principles behind CPR, AED use, choking response, and wound care — awareness education for everyday people.

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Beginner9 hrSelf PacedRegistered

Course Overview

What this course is designed to develop

Emergencies can happen anywhere — a cardiac arrest at the gym, a choking episode at the dinner table, a deep cut on a hike. This course walks everyday people through the core principles behind emergency recognition, hands-only CPR, AED operation, choking response, and basic wound management. Every module is grounded in current guidelines from the American Heart Association (AHA) and Red Cross. Important: this course provides awareness education only. It does not replace an accredited, hands-on first-aid or CPR certification. Always seek in-person certification for real competency.

Learning Outcomes

What the learner should be able to understand, build, or execute.

Identify the three-step Emergency Action Steps (Check, Call, Care) and apply them to common scenarios

Explain the physiological rationale behind hands-only CPR compression rate, depth, and recoil

Describe how to locate, power on, and follow AED voice prompts in a cardiac emergency

Demonstrate awareness of the back-blow and abdominal-thrust sequence for adult and child choking

Classify wound types and select appropriate basic interventions to control bleeding and prevent infection

Recognise personal limits as a lay responder and explain why certified hands-on training remains essential

Curriculum Preview

Inside the curriculum: a structured path from fundamentals to execution.

Preview the course structure, see how the modules build on one another, and understand the path this program is designed to take you through.

Module 1

Module 1: The Emergency Action Framework

Establish the mental model every lay responder needs before acting: scene safety, the 911 call, and the Check–Call–Care sequence that underpins all first-aid guidelines.

3 lessons

Why Bystander Action Saves LivesContent · 45 min

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Check, Call, Care — The Universal SequenceContent · 45 min

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Anatomy of a 911 CallContent · 45 min

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Module 2

Module 2: Hands-Only CPR Principles

Understand the physiological logic behind cardiac arrest response, the compression mechanics that maintain perfusion, and the AHA guidelines for hands-only CPR in adults.

3 lessons

What Happens During Cardiac ArrestContent · 45 min

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The Mechanics of Effective CompressionsContent · 45 min

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Special Populations — Children, Infants, and PregnancyContent · 45 min

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Module 3

Module 3: AED Use and the Choking Response

Understand how automated external defibrillators work, how to locate and operate one, and how to respond to partial and complete airway obstruction in adults and children.

3 lessons

Automated External Defibrillators — Locating and OperatingContent · 45 min

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Responding to Choking in Adults and ChildrenContent · 45 min

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Allergic Reactions, Fainting, and SeizuresContent · 45 min

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Module 4

Module 4: Wound Care and Building Your Emergency Preparedness

Learn evidence-based principles for wound classification, bleeding control, and infection prevention, then build a personal preparedness framework including a stocked first-aid kit and a household emergency plan.

3 lessons

Wound Classification and Bleeding ControlContent · 45 min

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Wound Cleaning, Dressing, and Infection PreventionContent · 45 min

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Building Your First-Aid Kit and Household Emergency PlanContent · 45 min

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Built for Application

A complete learning path, not a one-off inspiration hit.

This program is designed around progression: focused lessons, structured modules, applied resources, assessments, and a course rhythm that turns information into usable capability.

first aidCPRAEDchoking responsewound careemergency preparednesslay respondercardiac arrest