Course Details
Course Code:
WFTR 122
Precluded Courses:
None
Calendar Description:
Think, react and improvise when dealing with time priorities in life-threatening emergencies. This course covers the initial assessment, breathing emergencies, severe bleeding and shock. Great for parents. Red Cross certification 3 years. Annual update for BCLS "C" is recommended.
Date First Offered:
2005-12-01
Hours:
Total Hours: 8
Lecture Hours: 6
Field Experience Hours: 2
Total Weeks:
1
This course is offered online:
No
Pre-Requisites:
None
Non-Course Pre-Requisites:
None
Co-Requisites:
None
Rearticulation Submission:
No
Course Content:
Topics covered in this course will be:
-Workshop Objectives
-Introducing Service Across Cultures
-Who are Our Visitors?
-Welcome to My World
-What is Culture?
-Challenging Assumptions
-People to People Ambassadors
Learning Outcomes:
This course trains the learner how to react, think, and improvise when dealing with time-priority, life threatening emergencies. At the end of this course students will be able to do the following:
-Explain their awareness of hazards and describe actions and behaviours that will prevent injuries and illnesses
-Explain how the EMS system works and their role in it
-Describe when and how to move a casualty in an emergency situation
-Explain what happens in the body if one or more body systems fail to function properly
-Identify and care for choking and other breathing emergencies
-Identify the major risk factors for cardiovascular disease and injury and describe how to control them
-Recognize the signs and symptoms of a possible heart attack and describe how to care for someone who is experiencing persistent chest pain
-Identify the signs and symptoms of cardiac arrest and demonstrate how to provide CPR/AED until advanced emergency medical care arrives
-Identify life-threatening bleeding and demonstrate how to control it
-Identify the signs and symptoms of shock and describe how to minimize its effects
Passing Grade:
75%
Grading Weight:
Final Exam: 100 %
Percentage of Individual Work:
100
Course Offered in Other Programs:
Yes
Other Programs:
Transition to Work
Supplies:
First Aid Supplies provided by Training Institution
Text Books:
Required - The Canadian Red Cross Society, First Aid: The Vital Link Manual