First Aid Training
Basic First Aid Training Course (Blended): 8 Hours
Topics Include:
- The role and responsibilities of a first aider
- Definition of workplace first aid
- Workplace first aider role
- Authority Having Jurisdiction requirements that protect workplace first aiders
- Principle of consent
- Scope of practice appropriate for the level of workplace first aid training
- Medication assist
- Principles and procedures for medication assist
- AHJ requirements for workplace first aider to assist with medication
- Workplace first aid kit and equipment
- AHJ requirements for the contents of a workplace first aid kit(s) and equipment
- Principles of effective communication
- Notification of EMS and handover principles
- Principles and barriers of effective communication with injured/ill worker(s) and others on scene
- Reports and documentation requirements
- Workplace first aider safety and personal protection
- Workplace hazards and risks to workplace first aider
- Common routes for the transmission of disease and infection
- Types of PPE used in workplace first aid
- Demonstrate the proper use of PPE in workplace first aid
- Principles, procedure, and supplies required to clean and/or disinfect equipment used in workplace first aid
- Procedures for the clean-up of the work environment following a workplace first aid incident
- Procedures for the disposal of sharps and contaminated supplies
- Occupational Health and Safety (OHS)
- Definition of hazard and risk
- Principles of hazard identification, risk assessment, control processes, and implementation within the workplace
- SDS as a source of information for workplace first aid treatment
- Role of the workplace first aider in an OHSMS
- Principles of OHS legislation by the AHJ of the workplace
- Scene management
- Scene assessment
- Obtaining incident information
- Primary survey
- Primary Survey
- Level of consciousness assessment
- Airway assessment
- Breathing assessment
- Circulation assessment
- Check for life-threatening injuries or conditions
- Secondary survey
- Medical history
- Vital signs
- Head-to-toe assessment
- Secondary Survey Guide
- Basic airway management
- Indications, contraindications, and precautions of performing airway manoeuvres
- Procedures for opening, clearing and maintaining an airway
- Recovery Position
- Choking
- Ongoing assessments
- Ongoing assessments based on the signs/symptoms
- Advanced airway management
- Indications, contraindication, and precautions for using airway adjuncts
- Use of airway adjuncts to open and maintain airway
- Respiratory system
- Function and major structures of the respiratory system
- Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
- Acute Pulmonary Edema
- Pulmonary Embolism
- Hyperventilation
- Flail Chest
- Sucking Chest Wound
- Penetrating Chest Injury
- Pneumothorax
- Airway Obstruction
- Allergic Reaction
- Management of respiratory emergencies
- Approach, assess, and provide care for respiratory emergencies
- Care for Respiratory Distress
- Care for Respiratory Arrest
- Circulation system
- Major structures and functions of the circulatory system
- Management of cardiovascular emergencies
- Approach, assess, and provide workplace first aid for cardiovascular emergencies
- Arteriosclerosis
- Angina
- Heart Attack
- Congestive Heart Failure
- Nervous system
- Major structures and functions of the nervous system
- Management for shock
- Definition of shock
- Types of shock
- Signs and symptoms of shock
- Manage for shock
- Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR)
- Lifestyle
- Anatomy and Physiology
- Cardiac Arrest
- Indications for CPR
- One rescuer adult CPR
- Two rescuer adult CPR
- Resuscitation Devices
- Supplemental Oxygen
- Airway Adjuncts
- Techniques for Opening the Mouth
- Nasopharyngeal Airways
- Supraglottic Airways
- Using Suction
- Automated External Defibrillator (AED)
- Definition of defibrillation
- Indication for using an AED in the workplace
- AED equipment inspection
- Apply and use an AED
- Special Situations
- Prepare and administer oxygen delivery
- Appropriate selection of oxygen delivery systems
- Safe handling of oxygen delivery systems
- Oxygen administration using appropriate equipment
- Internal and external hemorrhage
- Recognition of minor and major external hemorrhages (bleeding)
- Control minor and major external hemorrhages (bleeding)
- Recognition of internal hemorrhage
- Amputations
- Contusions
- Ear, eye, and nose injuries
- Types of wounds
- Signs and symptoms of injuries to the ears, eyes, and nose
- Management of ear, eye, and nose injuries
- Animal Bites and Ticks
- Burn management
- Types of burns
- Classification of burn injuries
- Signs and symptoms of burns injuries
- Management of burn injuries
- Management of musculoskeletal system injuries
- Major structures and function of the musculoskeletal system
- Principles of splinting
- Poison emergencies
- Routes by which poisons enter the body
- Management of poisoning
- Definition of substance use and misuse
- Anaphylaxis emergencies
- Definition of anaphylaxis
- Signs and symptoms of anaphylaxis
- Management of anaphylaxis
- Diabetic emergencies
- Definition of diabetes
- Management of diabetic emergencies
- Seizure emergencies
- Definition of seizure
- Types of seizures
- Signs and symptoms of seizure
- Management of seizure emergencies
- Fainting
- Stroke emergencies
- Definition of stroke
- Types of strokes
- Signs and symptoms of a stroke
- Management of stroke emergencies
- Mental health emergencies
- Types of mental health emergencies
- Recognizing a mental health emergency
- Management of mental health emergencies
- Occupational stress injury and self-care management of the workplace first aider
- Obstetrical emergencies
- Signs and symptoms of obstetrical emergencies
- Management of obstetrical emergencies
- Environmental injury and illness
- Definition of environmental injury and illness
- Signs and symptoms for environmental injury and illness
- Drowning
- Decompression and Altitude
- Transportation
- Transportation of an injured/ill worker(s)
- Criteria for transportation
- Care during transportation
- Multiple injured/ill worker incidents and transportation
- Triage and management in multiple injured/ill worker(s) incident
- Rescue Carries
- Spinal and neurological emergencies
- Indications for spinal precautions
- Approach, assess, and provide injured/ill worker management
- Signs and symptoms of a possible injury to the spinal column
- Management of suspected fractures involving the spinal column
- Head Injuries
- Traumatic Brain Injury, including Concussions
- Infant and/or child CPR
- Age Range
- One rescuer child CPR
- One rescuer infant CPR
- Two rescuer child CPR
- Two rescuer infant CPR
- Resuscitation Device for Infants
Price: $89.95 + HST per person (includes course materials). Financing Available!!
Intermediate First Aid Training Course (Blended): 16 Hours
Topics Include:
- The role and responsibilities of a first aider
- Definition of workplace first aid
- Workplace first aider role
- Authority Having Jurisdiction requirements that protect workplace first aiders
- Principle of consent
- Scope of practice appropriate for the level of workplace first aid training
- Medication assist
- Principles and procedures for medication assist
- AHJ requirements for workplace first aider to assist with medication
- Workplace first aid kit and equipment
- AHJ requirements for the contents of a workplace first aid kit(s) and equipment
- Principles of effective communication
- Notification of EMS and handover principles
- Principles and barriers of effective communication with injured/ill worker(s) and others on scene
- Reports and documentation requirements
- Workplace first aider safety and personal protection
- Workplace hazards and risks to workplace first aider
- Common routes for the transmission of disease and infection
- Types of PPE used in workplace first aid
- Demonstrate the proper use of PPE in workplace first aid
- Principles, procedure, and supplies required to clean and/or disinfect equipment used in workplace first aid
- Procedures for the clean-up of the work environment following a workplace first aid incident
- Procedures for the disposal of sharps and contaminated supplies
- Occupational Health and Safety (OHS)
- Definition of hazard and risk
- Principles of hazard identification, risk assessment, control processes, and implementation within the workplace
- SDS as a source of information for workplace first aid treatment
- Role of the workplace first aider in an OHSMS
- Principles of OHS legislation by the AHJ of the workplace
- Scene management
- Scene assessment
- Obtaining incident information
- Primary survey
- Primary Survey
- Level of consciousness assessment
- Airway assessment
- Breathing assessment
- Circulation assessment
- Check for life-threatening injuries or conditions
- Secondary survey
- Medical history
- Vital signs
- Head-to-toe assessment
- Secondary Survey Guide
- Basic airway management
- Indications, contraindications, and precautions of performing airway manoeuvres
- Procedures for opening, clearing and maintaining an airway
- Recovery Position
- Choking
- Ongoing assessments
- Ongoing assessments based on the signs/symptoms
- Advanced airway management
- Indications, contraindication, and precautions for using airway adjuncts
- Use of airway adjuncts to open and maintain airway
- Respiratory system
- Function and major structures of the respiratory system
- Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
- Acute Pulmonary Edema
- Pulmonary Embolism
- Hyperventilation
- Flail Chest
- Sucking Chest Wound
- Penetrating Chest Injury
- Pneumothorax
- Airway Obstruction
- Allergic Reaction
- Management of respiratory emergencies
- Approach, assess, and provide care for respiratory emergencies
- Care for Respiratory Distress
- Care for Respiratory Arrest
- Circulation system
- Major structures and functions of the circulatory system
- Management of cardiovascular emergencies
- Approach, assess, and provide workplace first aid for cardiovascular emergencies
- Arteriosclerosis
- Angina
- Heart Attack
- Congestive Heart Failure
- Nervous system
- Major structures and functions of the nervous system
- Management for shock
- Definition of shock
- Types of shock
- Signs and symptoms of shock
- Manage for shock
- Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR)
- Lifestyle
- Anatomy and Physiology
- Cardiac Arrest
- Indications for CPR
- One rescuer adult CPR
- Two rescuer adult CPR
- Resuscitation Devices
- Supplemental Oxygen
- Airway Adjuncts
- Techniques for Opening the Mouth
- Nasopharyngeal Airways
- Supraglottic Airways
- Using Suction
- Automated External Defibrillator (AED)
- Definition of defibrillation
- Indication for using an AED in the workplace
- AED equipment inspection
- Apply and use an AED
- Special Situations
- Prepare and administer oxygen delivery
- Appropriate selection of oxygen delivery systems
- Safe handling of oxygen delivery systems
- Oxygen administration using appropriate equipment
- Internal and external hemorrhage
- Recognition of minor and major external hemorrhages (bleeding)
- Control minor and major external hemorrhages (bleeding)
- Recognition of internal hemorrhage
- Amputations
- Contusions
- Ear, eye, and nose injuries
- Types of wounds
- Signs and symptoms of injuries to the ears, eyes, and nose
- Management of ear, eye, and nose injuries
- Animal Bites and Ticks
- Burn management
- Types of burns
- Classification of burn injuries
- Signs and symptoms of burns injuries
- Management of burn injuries
- Management of musculoskeletal system injuries
- Major structures and function of the musculoskeletal system
- Principles of splinting
- Poison emergencies
- Routes by which poisons enter the body
- Management of poisoning
- Definition of substance use and misuse
- Anaphylaxis emergencies
- Definition of anaphylaxis
- Signs and symptoms of anaphylaxis
- Management of anaphylaxis
- Diabetic emergencies
- Definition of diabetes
- Management of diabetic emergencies
- Seizure emergencies
- Definition of seizure
- Types of seizures
- Signs and symptoms of seizure
- Management of seizure emergencies
- Fainting
- Stroke emergencies
- Definition of stroke
- Types of strokes
- Signs and symptoms of a stroke
- Management of stroke emergencies
- Mental health emergencies
- Types of mental health emergencies
- Recognizing a mental health emergency
- Management of mental health emergencies
- Occupational stress injury and self-care management of the workplace first aider
- Obstetrical emergencies
- Signs and symptoms of obstetrical emergencies
- Management of obstetrical emergencies
- Environmental injury and illness
- Definition of environmental injury and illness
- Signs and symptoms for environmental injury and illness
- Drowning
- Decompression and Altitude
- Transportation
- Transportation of an injured/ill worker(s)
- Criteria for transportation
- Care during transportation
- Multiple injured/ill worker incidents and transportation
- Triage and management in multiple injured/ill worker(s) incident
- Rescue Carries
- Spinal and neurological emergencies
- Indications for spinal precautions
- Approach, assess, and provide injured/ill worker management
- Signs and symptoms of a possible injury to the spinal column
- Management of suspected fractures involving the spinal column
- Head Injuries
- Traumatic Brain Injury, including Concussions
- Infant and/or child CPR
- Age Range
- One rescuer child CPR
- One rescuer infant CPR
- Two rescuer child CPR
- Two rescuer infant CPR
- Resuscitation Device for Infants
Price: $119.95 + HST per person (includes course materials). Financing Available!!
