4Cs of Alameda County has resumed in-person class for CPR/First Aid certification (or re-certification) and Preventative Health, Practices courses. At this point in time we are no longer offering virtual/hybrid classes. Please check our Health & Safety Training Calendar for course descriptions and upcoming scheduled classes.
1.) 8-hour Preventative Health, Safety and Nutrition (EMSA approved Curriculum, including Lead Poison Prevention and Nutrition components)
MODULE 1
- Understanding the transmission of infectious diseases
- Reducing the spread of infectious diseases
- Food safety and sanitation
- Health history of children
- Incidental medical services plan
- Exclusion policy
- Staff health exposure to illness
- Recommended immunizations
- Children’s immunization requirements
MODULE 2
- Understanding childhood injuries
- Developmental risk of injury
- SIDS and other sleep-related infant deaths
- Shaken baby syndrome
- Brain injury and concussion
- Child abuse prevention
- Burns and fire
- Choking, strangulation, and suffocation
- Falls
- Poisoning (ingested, inhaled, lead)
- Drowning
- Young children and disasters
- Playground safety
- Child passenger safety
- Field trip safety
- School bus safety
MODULE 3
- Importance and benefits of good nutrition programming in child care
- Building healthy nutrition habits in young children
- Infant feeding
- My Plate
- Role-modeling strategies
- Eating as a skill
- Reading labels
- “Division of Responsibility”
- Allergies and dietary restrictions
2.) 8-hour Infant/Child/Adult CPR/First Aid certification (or re-certification). This is a 2 -year EMSA Certification Course.
MODULE 1
- Your role as a first aid provider
- Legal considerations
- Emotional considerations
- Children and emergencies
- Age-related trauma
- Calling for help
- Personal Protection Equipment (PPE)
MODULE 2
- Understanding the spread of illness
- Reducing the risk of illness
- Cleaning, sanitizing, and disinfecting
- Initial assessment – recovery position
- Overview/practicum – cardiac arrest
- Overview and demonstration of Automated External Defibrillator (AED)
MODULE 3
- Foreign body airway obstruction (choking)
- Control of bleeding
- Managing shock
- Head, neck, or back injury
- Brain injury
- Spinal injury
- First Aid scenarios
