Course curriculum

  • 1

    Session 1 - Introduction

    • 1. Course Introduction

    • 2. Course Overview - cont'd

    • 3. Before Starting

    • 4. Course Completion Requirements

    • 5. Course Completion Requirements - cont'd

    • 6. Course Content

    • 7. Course Content - cont'd

    • 8. How to Use this Online Program.

    • 9. Glossary A-Z

    • 10. Chapter 1 Objectives

    • 11. Workplace First Aid Terms

    • 12. The 3 Priorities of First Aid

    • 13. Role of the Workplace First Aider

    • 14. Medical Help, Casualty vs Patient

    • 15. Age Guidelines

    • 16. Reasons for Taking First Aid

    • 17. First Aid Workplace Responsibilities

    • 18. Signs, Symptoms & History

    • 19. Legalities of First Aid

    • 20. Legalities of First aid - cont'd

    • 21. Legalities of First Aid - cont'd

    • Quiz 1 - Introduction to First Aid

  • 2

    Session 2. Communicable Diseases / Workplace Hazards / WHMIS

    • 1. Communicable Diseases - Summary and Objectives

    • 2. Communicable Diseases - cont'd

    • 3. Communicable Diseases - Routes for Disease Transmission & Infection

    • 4. Safety Precautions

    • 5. Types of Personal Protective Equipment in the Workplace

    • 6. Disease Transmission

    • 7. Glove Removal and Disposal

    • 8. Clean-Up of the Work Environment

    • 9. Safety Considerations for Workplace Clean-Up

    • 10. Exposure Alert - Treatment

    • 11. Disinfection of Equipment Following Workplace First Aid

    • 12. Hepatitis B

    • 13. Hepatitis C

    • 14. HIV & AIDS

    • 15. COVID-19

    • 16. Workplace Hazards & Risks to First Aiders

    • 17. Workplace Hazards & Risks to First Aiders cont'd

    • 18. Workplace Hazards & Risks to First Aiders cont'd

    • 19. WHMIS - Safety Data Sheets

    • 20. SDS in Emergencies

    • 21. Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) regulations

    • 22. Requirements in Provincial Regulations

    • 23. Clean-Up/Disinfect Workplace

    • 24. Cleaning the Workplace

  • 3

    Session 3. Casualty Management

    • 1. Casualty Management

    • 2. Emergency Scene Management

    • 3. Emergency Scene Management - cont'd

    • 4. Emergency Scene Management - EMCAP

    • 5. Principles of Communication With Injured/I'll Workers

    • 6. Principles of Communication cont'd

    • 7. Mechanism of Injury

    • 8. Mechanism of Injury - cont'd

    • 9. Suspected Head or Spinal Injury (Position Found)

    • 10. Primary Survey

    • 11. Rapid Body Check

    • 12. Primary Survey and Rapid Body Check - Responsive Casualty

    • 13. Primary Survey and Rapid Body Check - Unresponsive Casualty

    • 14. Secondary Survey

    • 15. Secondary Survey - cont'd

    • 16. Secondary Survey - cont'd

    • 17. Secondary Survey - Vital Signs

    • 18. Emergency Scene Management - RESPONSIVE

    • 19. The AVPU Scale

    • 20. Level of Consciousness

    • 21. Vital Signs - LOC & Breathing Rate

    • 22. Vital Signs - Pulse Rate & Skin Condition

    • 23. Vital Signs - Skin Condition

    • 24. Head-to-Toe Body Check

    • 25. Treating the Unresponsive Casualty

    • 26. Treating the Unresponsive Casualty - cont'd

    • 27. Treating the Unresponsive Casualty - cont'd

    • 28. Treating the Unresponsive Casualty - cont'd

    • 29. Video - Emergency Scene Management - UNRESPONSIVE

    • 30. Fainting

    • 31. Fainting - cont'd

    • 32. Video - FAINTING

    • 33. Impending Faint

    • 34. Suspected Spinal Injury

    • 35. Spinal Injury - Causes

    • 36. The Nervous System

    • 37. Suspected Spinal Injury - Treatment

    • 38. Suspected Spinal Injury - Treatment cont'd

    • 39. Spinal - Roll Front to Back

    • 40. Shock

    • 41. Shock - Causes & Effects

    • 42. Shock - Signs, Symptoms

    • 43. Shock - The Shock Cycle

    • 44. Shock - Treatment

    • 45. Shock - Treatment - cont'd

    • 46. Positioning a Casualty in Shock

    • 47. Positioning a Casualty in Shock - cont'd

    • 48. Casualty Management Quiz

  • 4

    Session 4. Cardiopulmonary Resusciataion

    • 1. Session 4 - CPR - Summary & Objectives

    • 2. Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation - cont'd

    • 3. Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation - cont'd

    • 4. Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation - cont'd

    • 5. CPR Facts

    • 6. Anatomy of the Chest

    • 7. The Respiratory System

    • 8. The Circulatory System

    • 9. The Adult Chain of Survival

    • 10. Emergency Medical Services (EMS)

    • 11. The 911 Dispatcher

    • 12. The 911 Dispatcher May Ask

    • 13. Cardiovascular Disease

    • 14. Risk Factors

    • 15. Controllable Risk Factors

    • 16. Uncontrollable Risk Factors

    • 17. Heart Attack/Angina

    • 18. Heart Attack Signs and Symptoms

    • 19. Video - Signs of a Heart Attack

    • 20. Heart Attack/Angina Treatment

    • 21. Assisting With Medications

    • 22 Nitroglycerine

    • 23 ASA

    • 24. Heart Attack/Angina- Treatment/Aspirin

    • 25. Cardiac Arrest

    • 26. Video - Adult CPR

    • 27. Steps of CPR - Adult

    • 28. Steps of Adult CPR - A Scenario

    • 29. Compression Specifications

    • 30. Ventilations (Rescue Breaths)

    • 31. Mouth to Nose Rescue Breaths

    • 32. 2-Rescuer CPR - Adult & Child

    • 33. When to Stop Giving CPR

    • 34. Stroke

    • 35. Recognizing a Stroke

    • 36. Treatment for Stroke

    • 37. Stroke - Responsive/Unresponsive Casualty

    • 38. Compression Only CPR

    • 39. Compression Only CPR - cont'd

    • 40. Video - Child CPR

    • 41. Child CPR

    • 42. Video - Infant CPR

    • 43. Infant CPR

    • 44. Infant 2-Rescuer CPR

    • 45. Gastric Distention

    • 46. Gastric Distention and Vomiting

    • 47. Quiz # CPR

  • 5

    Session 5. Defibrillation

    • 1. Session 5 - Defibrillation - Summary & Objectives

    • 2. Public Access Defibrillation - cont'd

    • 3. Video - AED

    • 4. Public Access Defibrillation - cont'd

    • 5. Heart Rhythms

    • 6. Heart Rhythms - cont'd

    • 7. Heart Rhythms - cont'd

    • 8. AED Protocols

    • 9. Pad Placement

    • 10. AED Protocols - cont'd

    • 11. AED Protocols - cont'd

    • 12. Special Considerations

    • 13. Special Considerations - cont'd

    • 14. Maintenance Considerations

    • 15. AED Quiz

  • 6

    Session 6. Choking

    • 1. Airway Obstruction/Choking - Summary & Objectives

    • 2. Airway Obstruction/Choking - cont'd

    • 3. Airway Obstruction/Choking - cont'd

    • 4. Causes of Choking

    • 5. Prevention of Choking

    • 6. Responsive Airway Obstruction - Adult

    • 7. Responsive Airway Obstruction - Adult cont'd

    • 8. Video Choking Adult

    • 9. Adult Airway Obstruction - Becomes Unresponsive

    • 9.10 Adult Airway Obstruction – Found Unresponsive

    • 11. Finger Sweep

    • 12. Video - Recovery Position

    • 13. Recovery Position

    • 14. Recovery Position - cont'd

    • 15. Choking - Save Yourself

    • 16. Choking - Wheelchair Considerations

    • 17. Responsive Airway Obstruction - Child

    • 18. Responsive Airway Obstruction - Child cont'd

    • 19. Child Airway Obstruction - Becomes Unresponsive

    • 20. Child Airway Obstruction - Found Unresponsive

    • 21. Video - Infant Choking

    • 22. Responsive Airway Obstruction - Infant

    • 23. Infant Airway Obstruction - Becomes Unresponsive

    • 24. Infant Airway Obstruction -Found Unresponsive

    • 25. Exam - Airway Obstructions

  • 7

    Session 7. Wounds & Bleeding

    • 1. Wounds and Bleeding- Summary & Objectives

    • 2. The Role of Blood in the Body

    • 3. Llimiting Blood Loss

    • 4. Video - Wounds and Bleeding

    • 5. Dressings and Bandages - Defined

    • 6. Dressings and Bandages - Types of Dressings

    • 7. Dressings and Bandages - Guidelines to apply

    • 8. Dressings and Bandages - Types of bandages

    • 9. Dressings and Bandages - Uses for bandages

    • 10. Dressings and Bandages - Guidelines to bandaging

    • 11. Wounds - Types of wounds

    • 12. Wounds - Classification of Wounds

    • 13. Wounds - Classification of Wounds cont'd

    • 14. Bleeding - Definition

    • 15. Bleeding - Arteries/Veins/Capillaries

    • 16. Bleeding - Minor treatment

    • 17. Bleeding - Treatment

    • 18. Check Distal Circulation

    • 19. Tourniquets

    • 20. Tourniquets - cont'd

    • 21. Tourniquet Check List

    • 22. Hemostatic Dressings

    • 23. Open Chest Wounds

    • 24. Bump on the Head

    • 25. Ear Injuries

    • 26. Ear Injury - Treatment

    • 27. Embedded Objects

    • 28. Embedded Objects - cont'd

    • 29. Impaled Objects

    • 30. Amputation

    • 31. Amputation cont'd

    • 32. Mouth Injuries

    • 33. Mouth Injuries cont'd

    • 34. Nose Bleeds

    • 35. Animal and Human Bites

    • 36. Animal and Human Bites cont'd

    • 37. Bee Stings and Insect Bites

    • 38. Bee Stings and Insect Bites cont'd

    • 39. Snake Bites

    • 40. Snake Bites cont'd

    • 41. Leeches

    • 42. Leeches cont'd

    • 43. Jellyfish

    • 44. Jellyfish cont'd

    • 45. Blacklegged Ticks

    • 46. Blacklegged Ticks cont'd

    • 47. Bleeding Internal

    • 48. Bleeding Internal cont'd

    • 49. Abdominal Injury

    • 50. Abdominal Injury cont'd

    • 51. Quiz - Bleeding and Wounds

  • 8

    Session 8. Burns

    • 1. Burns - Summary & Objectives

    • 2. Types of Burns

    • 3. Classification By Type

    • 4. Burn - Treatment

    • 5. Seriousness of a Burn

    • 6. Extent of Burns

    • 7. Burn Treatment

    • 8. Video - BURNS

    • 9. Quiz - Burns

  • 9

    Session 9. Medical Conditions

    • 1. Medical Conditions - Summary & Objectives

    • 2. Diabetic Emergency

    • 3. Diabetes - Hyperglycemia

    • 4. Diabetes - Hypoglycemia

    • 5. Video - Epilepsy

    • 6. Epilepsy and Seizures

    • 7. Epilepsy and Seizures - Signs

    • 8. Epilepsy and Seizures - Treatment

    • 9. Febrile Seizures - Infants & Children

    • 10. Febrile Seizures - Infants & Children - cont'd

    • 11. Asthma

    • 12. Asthma - Signs

    • 13. Asthma - Treatment

    • 14. Allergic Reactions

    • 15. Allergic Reactions - Signs

    • 16. Allergic Reactions - Treatment

    • 17. Allergic Reactions - EpiPen

    • 18. Exam - Medical Conditions

  • 10

    Session 10. Environmental Injuries

    • 1. Environmental Injuries - Summary & Objectives

    • 2. Environmental Emergencies

    • 3. Levels of Heat illness

    • 4. Heat Rash

    • 5. Heat Cramps

    • 6. Heat Exhaustion

    • 7. Heat Stroke

    • 8. Hypothermia

    • 9. Video - Hypothermia

    • 10. Hypothermia Classifications

    • 11. Who Is At Risk for Hypothermia?

    • 12. How the body loses heat?

      FREE PREVIEW
    • 13. Hypothermia - Treatment

    • 14. Core Temperature - After Drop

    • 15. Quiz - Heat and Cold Emergencies

  • 11

    Session 11. Eye Injuries

    • 1. Eye Injuries - Summary & Objectives

      FREE PREVIEW
    • 2. Eye Injuries

    • 3. How The Eye Works

    • 4. Eye Injuries - Signs and Symptoms

    • 5. Eye Injuries - Loose Objects

    • 6. Eye Injuries - Embedded Objects

    • 7. Eye Injuries - Chemicals in the Eye

    • 8. Eye Injuries - Flash Burns

    • 9. Eye Injuries - Cuts, Bruises Around Eye

    • 10. Eye Injuries - Extruded Eye

    • 11. Exam - Eye Injury

  • 12

    Session 12. Poisons

    • 1. Poisoning - Summary and Objectives

    • 2. Poisoning: Hidden Dangers

    • 3. Calling the Poison Information Centre

    • 4. Poisons - Routes of Entry

    • 5. Poisons - Taking the History

    • 6. Video - Poison Swallowed

    • 7. Poisons - Swallowed

    • 8. Video - Poison Inhaled

    • 9. Poisons - Inhaled

    • 10. Poisoning - Absorbed

    • 11. Poisoning - Injected

    • 12. Poisoning - Drugs & Alcohol

    • 13. What are Drugs (Use and Misuse)

    • 14. Poisoning - Alcohol & Complications

    • 15. Poisoning - Alcohol - Emergency Treatment

    • 16. Opioid Overdose - Naloxone

    • 17. Opioid Overdose Signs

    • 18. Opiod Overdose Treatment

    • 19. Opioid Overdose Considerations

    • 20. Exam - Poisoning

  • 13

    Session 13. Bone & Joint Injuries

    • 1. Bone and Joint Injury - Summary and Objectives

    • 2. Musculoskeletal System

    • 3. Bone & Joint Injury

    • 4. Bone & Joint Injury - Sprain

    • 5. Bone & Joint Injury - Strain

    • 6. Bone & Joint Injury - PRICE treatment

    • 7. Bone & Joint Injury - Dislocation

    • 8. Bone & Joint Injury - Use of Ice

    • 9. Bone & Joint Injury - Repetitive Strain Injury

    • 10. Bone & Joint Injury - Fractures

    • 11. Bone & Joint Injury - Types of Fractures

    • 12. Bone & Joint Injury - Mechanism of injury

    • 13. Bone & Joint Injury - Signs of Fracture

    • 14. Bone & Joint Injury - Fracture - Treatment

    • 15. Bone & Joint Injury - Types of Splints

    • 16. Bone & Joint Injury - Fracture Lower Arm

    • 17. Bone & Joint Injury - Concussion 101

    • 17. Bone & Joint Injuries - Crushing Injury

    • 18. Quiz # Fracture Management

  • 14

    Session 14. Chest Injuries

    • 1. Chest Injuries - Summary & Objectives

    • 2. Chest Injuries

    • 3. Chest Injury - Mechanism of Injury

    • 4. Chest Injury - Fractured Ribs & Flail Chest

    • 5. Chest Injury - Flail Chest

    • 6. Chest Injury - Pneumothorax

    • 7. Chest Injury - Penetrating Chest Wound

    • 8. Chest Injury - Blast Injury

  • 15

    Session 15. Rescue Carries

    • 1. Rescue Carries - Summary & Objectives

    • 2. Moving Casualties

  • 16

    Session 16. Workplace Requirements

    • 16.1 Requirements that Protect Workplace First Aiders

    • 16.2 Requirements for Workplace First Aid Kit(s) and Equipment

    • 16.3 Workplace First Aid Reporting and Documentation Requirements

    • 16.4 Mental Health Emergency

    • 16.5 Occupational Stress Injury and Self-Care Management

    • 16.6 Transportation of an Injured/Ill Worker

    • 16.7 Triage and Management of Multiple Injured Workers

  • 17

    Completion of Online Course

    • 1. Course Completion

    • 2. What to Expect for the In-Class Program

    • 3. View and Download Your Certificate