Jenkins Academy of Applied Technology
FA-001-GI — Learner reference
First Aid and CPR · v1.0.0 · October 22, 2026
Course developed by Todd Jerome Jenkins, MS, CSP.
Prepare for workplace medical emergencies, learn hands-only CPR and plan first-aid supplies. Ten audible lessons with practice and a final quiz; allow about 30–45 minutes. Online awareness, not a complete first-aid/CPR certification.
Complete appropriate hands-on first-aid and CPR training separately. The employer must verify actual responder coverage, supplies, emergency arrangements and required credentials. This independent course is not AHA or Red Cross certification.
1. Plan for prompt help
By the end: Explain the workplace first-aid arrangements and this course’s limits.
First aid bridges the time until professional care arrives. Before work, know who can help on each shift, how to call them, and where supplies are kept. A name on a roster is not useful if that person is absent or cannot reach the work area.
General industry requires medical personnel readily available for advice. Where a suitable infirmary, clinic or hospital is not in near proximity, one or more people must be adequately trained to give first aid. Adequate supplies must be readily available.
This course teaches workplace preparation and basic response knowledge, including hands-only CPR. It is not a complete first-aid or CPR certification course. It is independently developed and is not an American Heart Association or American Red Cross course or approval.
Physical skills need hands-on instruction and practice. The employer must confirm the training and credentials needed for the assigned role and applicable standards. A quiz score does not establish that a person can perform CPR, control bleeding or serve as the required first-aid provider.
Plan for all shifts, remote work areas, access barriers and changing project conditions. Check State Plan and task-specific rules. The original training inventory is not a list of courses that every worker must take.
Basis: 1910.151; OSHA first-aid guidance and physical-skills interpretation
2. Make the scene safe
By the end: Recognize hazards and avoid becoming another casualty.
Pause long enough to identify dangers before approaching. Moving traffic, energized equipment, chemicals, unstable material and unsafe air can injure a helper as well as the first person. Call emergency services and keep others away from danger.
Do not enter a tank, pit or other confined space for an unplanned rescue. Do not touch a person who remains in contact with live electricity. First-aid knowledge does not qualify you for electrical isolation, hazardous-material response or confined-space rescue.
Explain what you intend to do and seek consent from a responsive person. For an unresponsive person, contact emergency services and follow dispatcher guidance. Do not delay urgent help while searching for paperwork.
Use appropriate gloves and other exposure protection when available. Assigned occupational exposure to blood or other potentially infectious material requires the applicable bloodborne-pathogens program, training and controls. A box of gloves alone is not that program.
Report an exposure promptly through the employer’s procedure and obtain the required evaluation. Keep personal medical details private. Practice only with suitable training equipment; never practice chest compressions on a healthy person.
Basis: 1910.151; OSHA first-aid guidance and physical-skills interpretation
3. Call and guide responders
By the end: Give emergency services a usable location and arrange access.
For a life-threatening emergency, call 911 promptly. Do not wait for a supervisor’s permission. Use speakerphone when possible so you can follow dispatcher instructions while helping. Send another person for an AED when one is available.
Give the exact address, building or work zone, floor, gate and callback number. Describe responsiveness, breathing and known hazards. State what you observe rather than guessing at a diagnosis. Stay connected as directed.
Review the actual emergency communication and transport arrangements with the employer. Do not assume a map distance to a hospital proves prompt care. Confirm access and response for the work area and shift.
Assign a specific person to meet responders and open the safe access route. A gate code, locked door or changing project entrance can delay care even when an ambulance reaches the address. Keep someone with the injured person when it is safe.
Rehearse communication with the actual site team without placing a test emergency call unless arranged with the service. Course discussion messages and instructor email are not emergency contact methods.
Basis: 1910.151; OSHA first-aid guidance and physical-skills interpretation
4. Hands-only CPR for sudden collapse
By the end: Recognize likely adult cardiac arrest and describe effective compressions.
Hands-only CPR is intended for a bystander who sees a teen or adult suddenly collapse. At a safe scene, check response and normal breathing. An unresponsive person who is not breathing normally or is only gasping needs immediate action. Gasping is not normal breathing. A lay rescuer should not delay to search for a pulse.
Call 911 or direct a specific person to call and bring an AED. Use speakerphone if you are alone with a phone. Start compressions promptly and follow the dispatcher. Do not wait for an AED or a course completion record.
With the person on their back on a firm, flat surface when feasible without delaying care, kneel beside the chest. Place one hand’s heel at the center of the chest, the other hand on top. Keep arms straight and shoulders over the hands.
Compress at 100–120 per minute. For an average adult, press at least 2 inches (5 cm), avoiding depths greater than 2.4 inches (6 cm). Let the chest fully recoil; do not lean between pushes. Keep pauses as short as possible.
Continue until another responder takes over, clear signs of life such as normal breathing return, you cannot physically continue, or the scene becomes unsafe. Pause when the AED directs analysis or shock, then resume as prompted. If normal breathing returns, stop compressions, monitor and follow dispatch. A manikin practice session is needed to learn and check the physical technique.
Basis: AHA 2025 adult BLS; AHA hands-only guidance; Red Cross CPR/AED guidance
5. Use an AED and know CPR limits
By the end: Follow AED prompts and explain when rescue breaths are especially important.
Turn on the AED as soon as it is available and follow its spoken or visual prompts. Expose the chest, dry it if needed, and attach pads to bare skin as their diagrams show. Use the device’s instructions and dispatcher help.
Keep everyone clear during rhythm analysis and shock. Deliver a shock only when directed by the device. Resume CPR immediately after a shock or a no-shock instruction, following its prompts. No shock advised does not mean the person has recovered.
Hands-only CPR is not a substitute for learning CPR with breaths. Breaths are especially important for infants and children and for arrests caused by breathing problems, including drowning. Adult depth instructions in the previous lesson are not infant instructions.
If trained and able, use the appropriate CPR technique with breaths. If you cannot give breaths, call emergency services and provide the help you can under dispatcher guidance; do not stand by doing nothing. Get a full skills course for your responsibilities.
Know where the workplace AED is located and who maintains it. Do not wait for a designated operator to arrive before following an available AED’s instructions. Training and maintenance support readiness; this lesson does not establish an AED program or device certification.
Basis: AHA 2025 adult BLS; AHA hands-only guidance; Red Cross CPR/AED guidance
6. Respond to serious bleeding
By the end: Choose immediate help and safe bleeding-control actions.
Heavy, continuous or spurting bleeding can be life-threatening. Call 911 promptly and obtain the bleeding-control supplies. Use protective equipment appropriate to the exposure when available.
Apply firm, steady direct pressure over the wound with a suitable dressing. Follow emergency-dispatch instructions and your training. Arrange help so emergency calling and care can occur together.
A tourniquet may be appropriate for life-threatening bleeding from a limb. Wound packing is another skill for specific wounds. Use these methods according to training and device instructions; this online overview does not teach or verify either skill.
Do not remove an embedded object. Apply pressure around it and obtain emergency care. Do not delay calling to clean a severe wound or complete an injury form.
Stay with the person when safe, observe breathing and responsiveness, and hand over what happened and what care was given. Report used supplies so the kit is replenished. Record facts without distributing private medical details.
Basis: Red Cross life-threatening external bleeding guidance
7. Prepare for workplace hazards
By the end: Explain why a kit cannot replace emergency washing and hazard-specific planning.
First-aid planning begins with actual hazards, not the size of a purchased box. Consider cuts, crush injuries, chemical exposure, heat, remote work and other foreseeable events. Seek medical and emergency-service input for the work.
Where eyes or body may be exposed to injurious corrosive material, suitable quick drenching or flushing facilities must be available in the work area for immediate emergency use. Both general-industry and construction medical rules address this.
A small eyewash bottle in a first-aid kit must not be assumed to replace the required suitable facility. The employer evaluates the actual substance, exposure, facility and applicable requirements before work begins.
Know how to reach and activate the emergency washing equipment promptly and how to summon help. Follow the site’s chemical emergency procedure, safety data sheet and medical guidance. Keep access clear; do not wait for a supervisor to unlock emergency equipment.
This course does not teach all treatment for burns, heat illness, fractures, choking, poisoning or other emergencies. These belong in an appropriate comprehensive first-aid course and site plan. Call for urgent help and stay within training rather than improvising treatment.
Basis: 1910.151; OSHA first-aid guidance and physical-skills interpretation
8. Stock the first-aid supplies
By the end: Separate required provisions from a practical site-specific stocking list.
OSHA requires adequate first-aid supplies readily available in general industry and easily accessible when needed in construction. These provisions do not prescribe one universal item list or quantity for every workplace. Other applicable standards may specify additional contents.
Use the printable First Aid Supplies Checklist with the employer’s hazard review. Suggested basic categories include nonlatex disposable gloves, sterile absorbent dressings and gauze, adhesive bandages, roller and triangular bandages, medical tape, antiseptic wipes, a cold pack, an emergency blanket and first-aid instructions.
Consider a breathing barrier with a one-way valve for trained rescuers, suitable scissors and tweezers, and exposure-related protective equipment. These are planning items, not a claim that every item is universally mandated by OSHA or that the list certifies ANSI compliance.
Hazard-specific additions can include bleeding-control equipment with training. An AED, emergency washing facility and communications arrangements need their own readiness plans. Do not treat medication as a default kit requirement; employer medical review and applicable procedures must govern any medication provision.
For each item, set the approved quantity using the work, number and location of workers, likely injuries and replenishment access. Record quantity on hand, expiry or condition, replenishment action and responsible person. A retail family kit’s quantities do not establish workplace adequacy.
Basis: 1910.151; OSHA first-aid guidance and physical-skills interpretation
9. Keep supplies ready
By the end: Apply the correct inspection and replenishment requirements.
General industry requires adequate, readily available supplies. Establish and document checks that keep the kit ready, considering use, hazards and expiry. The construction rule’s at-least-weekly wording is not a universal inspection interval stated in 1910.151.
Inspect quantities, package integrity, contamination, expiration dates and the condition of supplies. Replace used or unsuitable items promptly. A ticked box without checking the contents does not establish readiness.
Assign a responsible person and a backup. Make access work during every shift and when supervisors are away. A locked cabinet whose key is unavailable defeats the purpose of emergency supplies.
Follow the manufacturer’s instructions and the site program for AED readiness, pads and battery condition. Keep emergency washing equipment accessible and maintain it under the applicable program. A kit inspection does not replace equipment checks.
After use or a change in hazards, review the supplies and quantities again. Record the deficiency, temporary protection, person responsible and actual correction. Do not mark a missing item restored merely because an order was placed.
Basis: 1910.151; OSHA first-aid guidance and physical-skills interpretation
10. Complete the workplace and skills steps
By the end: Identify the practical training and site evidence still needed.
An online lesson can explain an action, but it cannot observe your compression depth, hand placement or safe use of equipment. Arrange hands-on first-aid and CPR training appropriate to your responsibilities.
Use a qualified training provider and suitable manikins and training AEDs. Practice calling, compressions, device prompts and handover in a safe setting. Include the other first-aid skills needed for the workplace; never use a live person for practice compressions.
For construction, where the rule requires an onsite first-aid provider, confirm the valid certificate and documentary evidence of training meeting 1926.50(c). The completion record for this awareness course does not meet that requirement by itself.
Keep actual training dates, the provider, scope, practical evidence, gaps and follow-up. Follow credential renewal terms, employer needs and applicable task-specific rules. Do not invent a universal annual CPR renewal requirement from these general medical-services provisions.
Before relying on the plan, verify responder coverage, emergency communications, location and access, adequate supplies and relevant equipment. Use the blank workplace records to document work that actually occurred. Correct a critical gap and confirm the correction.
Basis: 1910.151; OSHA first-aid guidance and physical-skills interpretation
Sources
- OSHA general industry medical services and first aid
- OSHA nonmandatory first-aid supplies guidance
- OSHA construction medical services and first aid
- OSHA physical skills and online training interpretation
- AHA 2025 adult basic life support
- AHA hands-only and conventional CPR
- AHA CPR comparison resource
- Red Cross hands-only CPR
- Red Cross adult cardiac arrest
- Red Cross AED steps
- Red Cross life-threatening bleeding
- Red Cross household kit examples (not workplace quantities)
- OSHA first-aid program guide (2006 advisory planning guidance)
Federal sources reviewed October 22, 2026. Confirm the actual work, jurisdiction and applicable additional requirements. OSHA guidance supports planning; it is distinguished from mandatory standard text.