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Course Summary
This 16-hour program will provide participants with the knowledge and skills necessary to respond to a medical emergency in the workplace. A prompt response can save lives, reduce the amount of time lost due to workplace injuries, and lower the resulting costs. Trained employees have also been shown to be more safety-conscious in general, therefore reducing the number of incidents. This program meets the criteria outlined in Regulation 1101 for a valid St. Johns First Aid Certificate or its equivalent.
Learning Objectives
By the end of the course, participants will be able to:
- Recall applicable legislation
- Identify communicable diseases
- Discuss airway, breathing, circulation
- Discuss rescue breathing
- Apply CPR skills
- Recognize symptoms of heart attack and stroke
- Identify and deal with choking (conscious/unconscious)
- Recognize symptoms of shock and how to treat it
- Check for wounds and bleeding
- Check for muscular/skeletal emergencies
- Check for head and spinal emergencies
- Recognize burns
- Identify respiratory emergencies
- React to poisoning
- Apply triage techniques
- Apply crisis intervention techniques
This course has been specifically designed for groups that want to implement a medically directed Automated External Defibrillation (AED) program and have an AED at their place of work. This program teaches groups the roles and responsibilities of managing a cardiac arrest with CPR and an AED and ensures responders are confident to use the AED located at their place of work.
The AED module will cover the following topics:
- Cardiac arrest management
- Safe use of the AED
- Crisis intervention
- EMS reporting
- Documentation
Target Audience
Workplaces that require Standard First Aid, CPR-C and AED training.
Legislative Reference
Ont. Reg. 1101 – First Aid Requirements
Continuing Education Credits
HRPA has approved this course for CPD. Please contact us at 800.815.9980 to find out more.