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.

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

Participants must be present for the entire course and pass the exam in order to pass the course.

Certification:

  • 3-year certification in First Responder
  • Digital copy of certificate issued upon successful completion
Course Content:
  • The Professional Responder
  • Responding to the call
  • Infection prevention and control
  • Anatomy and physiology
  • Airway management and respiratory emergencies
  • Circulatory emergencies
  • Shock
  • Hemorrhage and soft tissue trauma
  • Musculoskeletal injuries
  • Chest, abdominal and pelvic injuries
  • Head and spinal injuries
  • Acute and chronic illnesses
  • Poisoning
  • Environmental illnesses
  • Pregnancy, labour and delivery
  • Special populations
  • Crisis intervention
  • Reaching, lifting and extricating patients
  • Multiple-casualty incidents
Includes any other content required by specific legislation
First Responder and EMR students must purchase their own stethoscopes
Details Price Qty
May 27-31, 2024 $695.00 CAD  

  • May 27-31, 2024
     May 27, 2024 - May 31, 2024
     9:00 am - 5:00 pm