Emergency First Aid is for people who want a general knowledge
of first aid principles and the emergency treatment of injuries.
Skills include: victim assessment, CPR, choking, and and what to do
for external bleeding, heart attack, stroke, wounds and burns.
Includes CPR-B certification.
The first aid program is not restricted to aquatic candidates.
You can use the Lifesaving Society's first aid awards to train
non-aquatic staff (camp, playground, maintenance, etc.) and the
general public.
Prerequisite: None.
Instruction & certification: Current
Lifesaving Instructors or First Aid Instructors teach and certify
Emergency First Aid candidates. The Lifesaving Society deems its
certifications to be "current" for 36 months from the certification
date.
Candidate recognition: Certification card.
Required reference material: Canadian First
Aid Manual or Canadian Lifesaving Manual.
Recertification: Emergency First Aid
recertification is the same course.
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at-a-glance
- Through practical activities wherever possible, demonstrate an
understanding of the goals of first aid.
- Through practical activities wherever possible, demonstrate an
understanding of the legal implications of providing first aid
treatment.
- Through practical activities wherever possible, demonstrate an
understanding of the principles of universal precautions, including
barrier devices, hand washing, and use of gloves.
- Through practical activities wherever possible, demonstrate an
understanding of the anatomy and physiology of the ABC
priorities.
- Demonstrate primary assessment of a victim including:
- scene survey
- level of consciousness
- airway, breathing, circulation
- major bleeding
- mechanism of injury
Demonstrate secondary assessment of a victim including:
- vital signs
- head-to-toe examination
- history
- Demonstrate one-rescuer adult, child and infant cardiopulmonary
resuscitation on a manikin and how to use an AED.
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- Simulate the treatment of:
- conscious adult, child or infant with an obstructed airway
- complications: a pregnant woman and person who is obese
- Simulate the treatment of an unconscious adult, child or infant
with an obstructed airway.
- Demonstrate the effective direction of bystanders to activate
EMS.
- Demonstrate the recognition and care of a victim suffering from
the following respiratory emergencies:
- Demonstrate the recognition and care of a victim suffering
from:
- shock
- heart attack or angina
- external bleeding
- stroke / transient ischemic attack
- Demonstrate the recognition and care of a victim suffering
from:
- abdominal injury
- burn injury
- facial injury
- Demonstrate the recognition and care of an unconscious
victim. Victim types should include fainting.