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First Responder Course

Friday, December 2, 2016 9:00am - 4:30pm
Location: 1 First St, Suite 218, Collingwood (Admiral Building)

Canadian Red Cross First Responder course, offered by HELP First Aid, a Canadian Red Cross National Training Partner.

This is a valuable lifesaving course, the first in pre-hospital care. Required for employment at many fire departments, and for ski patrollers at many resorts. 40 hour course includes:

First Responder Certification

Duration:	40-44 hours for full certification course
Instructor:	Red Cross Advanced Emergency Care Instructor or Emergency Care Instructor Trainer
Prerequisites:	Standard First Aid with CPR C (or HCP) pre-course assignment
Price:	$625.00
Completion Requirements:	100% attendance, skill demonstration, 1 evaluated scenarios, and 80% min. passing grade on written exam
Certification:	3-year certification in First Responder, CPR Level HCP, and AED

First Responder Recertification

Duration:	20 hours; includes CPR Level HCP
Recertification Prerequisites:	Current Red Cross full certification (FR), valid within 3 years
Price:	$350.00
Completion Requirements:	100% attendance, skill demonstration, 2 evaluated scenarios, and 80% min. passing grade on written exam
Recertification:	3-year certification in First Responder, CPR Level HCP, and AED

Recommended for:

Firefighters, Pre-fire students, ski patrollers, patient transfer staff.

What you will learn:

Part 1: Preparing to Respond	Part 4: Medical Emergencies
The Responder	Sudden illness
The Emergency Scene	Poisoning
Preventing disease transmission	Heat- & Cold- related emergencies

Part 2: Establishing Priorities of Care	Part 5: Special Populations and Situations
Anatomy and Physiology	Special populations & crisis intervention
Respiratory emergencies	Reaching and moving patients
Airway and ventilation	Multiple casualty incidents
Circulatory emergencies	Transportation
Bleeding
shock

Part 3: Traumatic Injuries
Soft tissue injuries
Musculoskeletal injuries
Head and spine injuries
Chest, abdominal, and pelvic injuries

Take home material:

Canadian Red Cross Emergency Care Manual (full course only).

First Responder Workbook
First Responder Skills Summaries
Certification card (upon successful completion)
Certificate (upon successful completion)

Scenario based training gives the students the skills they need to be comfortable offering pre-hospital care, on the ski hill, during an automobile accident, or at a medical call.

Monthly public courses, private courses available upon request.

First Responder with CPR HCP + AED - December 2-4 2016 - 9:00 am

First Responder with CPR HCP + AED - January 20-22 2017 - 9:00 am

Contact: Elijah McCaffrey
Phone: (705)607-4141
Email: elijah@helpfirstaid.com
Website: http://www.helpfirstaid.com/courses/first-responder/first-responder.htm

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