Medical First Responder
Comprehensive first aid and CPR skills for professional first responders or those training to become first responders. Course teaches the patient assessment model, cardiopulmonary resuscitation, hemorrhage control, and care for a variety of acute and chronic conditions. Participants will be engaged in dynamic training techniques including video, media presentations, skills demonstrations, practice sessions, discussions and scenarios based on real-life situations.
Audience
- Professionals in a fire service, rescue team, workplace response team, sports-medicine professionals, lifeguards and ski patrol.
Duration
- 40 hours
Prerequisites
- None
Completion
- Successfully demonstrate the required skills
- Minimum 75% mark for written, closed book, knowledge evaluation
- Successfully complete minimum of one practical scenario
- Attend and participate in 100% of the course
Certification
- 3-year certification in First Responder (digital certificate issued upon successful completion)
Recertification
- 20 hours
Course Content
Professional responder, responding, infection control, anatomy and physiology, patient assessment, airway management, circulatory emergencies, hemorrhage and soft tissue trauma, musculoskeletal injuries, head and spinal injuries, medical emergencies, environmental emergencies and more.
Includes any other content required by specific legislation
Providers(s):
- Canadian Red Cross
- Rescue7
- Emergency Care and Safety Institute
- Eastern Safety Services
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