Water Safety Guy

To be effective in providing first aid, you need a good working knowledge of first aid/CPR preparatory information, including:

• Current advisories
• Human anatomy and physiology
• General first aid objectives
• Pathophysiology
• General approaches to care and decision-making processes
• Important first aid links

Often this information is not provided up front but rather integrated within other first aid topics. Although it should be reinforced throughout first aid training, this first aid preparatory information provides a sound foundation upon which to begin learning first aid specifics, and, therefore, should be thoroughly understood before embarking on the specific first aid pages on this web site.