First Aid Awareness
Recognizing and responding to workplace injuries and medical emergencies until help arrives: scene safety and assessment, bleeding and shock, wounds and bloodborne pathogens, burns, fractures, head and spinal injuries, choking and asthma, medical and environmental emergencies, and first aid programs under provincial regulations and CSA Z1210 and Z1220.
HSE-110 12 lessons · 5 h 6 min
Offered by HSM University · Safety Training
This is the Canadian version of this course. See the American version.
What you'll learn
- Explain the aims, scope and limits of first aid, consent and Good Samaritan protections, and the provincial, territorial and federal first aid requirements that apply at work
- Check scene safety, perform a primary assessment, call for help effectively and prioritize casualties at a multi-casualty scene
- Conduct a secondary assessment using SAMPLE, vital signs and a head-to-toe check, use the recovery position and hand over clearly
- Control external bleeding with direct pressure, wound packing and tourniquets, and recognize and care for shock
- Care for minor wounds, recognize wounds needing medical care and protect yourself from bloodborne pathogens
- Estimate burn extent and give first aid for thermal, chemical and electrical burns
- Recognize fractures, dislocations, sprains and strains, and support, splint and cool injuries safely
- Recognize head, spinal, eye and dental injuries and apply current spinal motion restriction guidance
- Respond to breathing difficulty, choking in adults, children and infants, asthma and hazardous atmospheres
- Recognize and respond to heart attack, stroke, diabetic emergencies, seizures, anaphylaxis, poisoning and opioid overdose
- Recognize and give first aid for heat illness, hypothermia, frostbite, and bites and stings
- Assess workplace first aid needs, select kits and first aiders under provincial rules and CSA standards, keep records and plan drills and support
Course content
12 lessons · 5 h 6 min total · final exam
- 1 First aid at work and the law 25 min · quiz
- 2 Scene safety, primary assessment and calling for help 25 min · quiz
- 3 Secondary assessment, the recovery position and handover 25 min · quiz
- 4 Bleeding and shock 25 min · quiz
- 5 Wounds, infection control and bloodborne pathogens 25 min · quiz
- 6 Burns: thermal, chemical and electrical 25 min · quiz
- 7 Bone, joint and muscle injuries 25 min · quiz
- 8 Head, neck, spinal and eye injuries 25 min · quiz
- 9 Breathing emergencies, choking and asthma 25 min · quiz
- 10 Medical emergencies: heart attack, stroke, diabetes, seizures, allergies and overdose 26 min · quiz
- 11 Environmental emergencies: heat, cold, bites and stings 28 min · quiz
- 12 Workplace first aid programs, records and capstone 27 min · quiz
- E Final exam 20 questions
Requirements
Recommended background. You can start any course at any time.
Description
Recognizing and responding to workplace injuries and medical emergencies until help arrives: scene safety and assessment, bleeding and shock, wounds and bloodborne pathogens, burns, fractures, head and spinal injuries, choking and asthma, medical and environmental emergencies, and first aid programs under provincial regulations and CSA Z1210 and Z1220.