Course info
Comprehensive first aid and CPR skills for professional first responders or those training to become first responders. This course is geared to fire service, rescue team, workplace response team, sports-medicine professionals, lifeguards and ski patrol. 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.
Course content includes:
- The Professional Responder
- Responding to the call
- Infection prevention and control
- Anatomy and physiology
- Assessment
- 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
Course Duration
40 hours
Language
English
Prerequisite
None
Requirements for 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
Campus
Abbotsford | Surrey | Burnaby | Vancouver
Certificate
3 Year certification
Course Price
$725 + GST – includes digital text book
(EMR Full courses are also available and can be viewed here)
Optional Purchase – Emergency Care for Professional Responders Hard Copy Manual – $135 + GST/PST
Course Dates
Venue :
| Event | Venue | Date | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| First Responder – (Monday-Friday) July 17 – 21, 2023 – Abbotsford | Abbotsford Campus (31838 South Fraser Way, Unit 202, Abbotsford, BC V2T 1V3) |
| **Only select one of the options below. Option 2 includes a hard copy of the course manual. A digital copy is available in both options** (more…) |
Register |
| First Responder – (Monday-Friday) July 31 – August 04, 2023 – Surrey | Surrey Campus (8433 132 Street, Unit 208, Surrey, BC V3W 4N8) |
| **Only select one of the options below. Option 2 includes a hard copy of the course manual. A digital copy is available in both options** (more…) |
Register |
| First Responder – (Monday-Friday) September 11–15, 2023 – Abbotsford | Abbotsford Campus (31838 South Fraser Way, Unit 202, Abbotsford, BC V2T 1V3) |
| **Only select one of the options below. Option 2 includes a hard copy of the course manual. A digital copy is available in both options** (more…) |
Register |