First Aid: Basic – Canada

  • 15 topics | 46m 12s
  • Up to 30 languages
  • Transcripts
First aid is the immediate care for any person with injuries or sudden illness before professional medical treatment is available. It not only involves the injured person's physical condition and emotional state, but the entire emergency situation. This training course will focus on how to use a systematic approach to evaluate an emergency situation and respond to basic first aid situations prior to the arrival of emergency medical services (EMS). Note: This training should not be used as the primary basis for any first aid certification. It is intended to provide you with knowledge-based training only. This training should be accompanied by a performance-based component provided by a certified first aid instructor. The content in this course is designed to comply with the intent of the applicable regulatory requirements.This course was developed with subject matter support provided by Pinchin Ltd., an environmental, health and safety consulting firm with offices across Canada. Please note, the course materials and content were current with the laws and regulations at the time of the last expert review, however, they may not reflect the most current legal developments. Nothing herein, or in the course materials, shall be construed as professional advice as to any particular situation with respect to compliance with legal statutes or requirements.

WHAT YOU WILL LEARN

  • First Aid: Basic – Canada
  • identify the actions to be taken when arriving at the scene of an accident
  • identify precautions that help minimize exposure to bloodborne pathogens
  • Knowledge Check: Finding the Injured Person
  • identify actions to take during the full body examination of a person injured in an accident
  • Knowledge Check: Treating and Examining the Injured Person
  • identify basic first aid techniques used to treat severe bleeding
  • Knowledge Check: Treating Severe Bleeding
  • identify basic first aid techniques used to treat bleeding shock
  • Knowledge Check: Treating Shock Caused by Bleeding
  • identify basic first aid techniques used to treat fractures
  • identify ways of immobilizing an extremity
  • Knowledge Check: Fractures
  • classify burns by their severity
  • recognize when a burn requires you to seek immediate medical attention
  • Knowledge Check: Types and Severity of Burns
  • identify basic first aid techniques used to treat thermal and heat burns (including electrical)
  • identify considerations for treating chemical burns
  • Knowledge Check: Thermal, Heat, Electrical, and Chemical Burns

IN THIS COURSE

  • First Aid: Basic – Canada
    1m
  • Finding the Injured Person
    5m
  • Knowledge Check: Finding the Injured Person
    2m
  • Treating and Examining the Injured Person
    4m
  • Knowledge Check: Treating and Examining the Injured Person
    2m
  • Treating Severe Bleeding
    4m
  • Knowledge Check: Treating Severe Bleeding
    2m
  • Treating Shock Caused by Bleeding
    2m
  • Knowledge Check: Treating Shock Caused by Bleeding
    1m
  • Fractures
    3m
  • Knowledge Check: Fractures
    2m
  • Types and Severity of Burns
    3m
  • Knowledge Check: Types and Severity of Burns
    2m
  • Thermal, Heat, Electrical, and Chemical Burns
    3m
  • Knowledge Check: Thermal, Heat, Electrical, and Chemical Burns
    4m

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