First Aid Training

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

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