Standard First Aid/AED

You need an advanced course that will allow you to assume a prehospital medical care provider role during emergency situations?

Standard First Aid, Société de sauvetage

With this comprehensive training, you will easily recognize abnormal signs and symptoms and be able to apply the necessary emergency measures.

In 16 hours, you will deepen your knowledge of various topics, such as clinical evaluation of a victim and the treatments to apply in case of priority emergency (respiratory emergency, cardiovascular emergency, cardiopulmonary arrest, etc.) and secondary emergency (convulsions, problems related to glycemia, environmental problems, etc.). Moreover, you will learn to use an automated external defibrilator (AED), to administer epinephrin using an autoinjector and to proceed to cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) on an adult, child or infant. 

This course can be adapted according to the participants’ needs.

 

 

Minimum time required

16 hours

Award validity

3 years

Course content

GENERAL ITEMS  

Item 1 - First aid basic principles

Item 2 - Anatomy and physiology

Item 3 - Legal aspects of intervention

Item 4 - Transport of injured victim

Item 6 - Communication with the emergency response services

Item 7 - Prehospital assessment

Item 8 - Primary assessment

Item 9 - Secondary assessment

RESUSCITATION  

Item 10 - Chain of Survival™

Item 11 - Resuscitation techniques – Adult, child and infant

Item 12 - Airway obstruction – Conscious adult, child and infant

Item 13 - Airway obstruction – Unconscious adult, child and infant

Item 14 - Rescue breathing complications or specific situations

Item 15 - AED functions and knowhow 

Item 16 - AED protocol for one and two rescuers

MEDICAL PROBLEMS  

Item 17 - Shock / fainting

Item 18 - Convulsions and diabetic problems

Item 19a - Cardiovascular emergencies

Item 19b - Respiratory emergencies

Item 19c - Intoxication / poisoning

Item 19d - Abdominal pains

ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS  

Item 20a -  Problems due to the cold

Item 20b - Problems due to the heat

Item 20c - Burns

Item 20d - Electrocution

TRAUMAS  

Item 21 - Bleeding

Item 22 - Head and spinal injuries 

Item 23a - Musculo-skeletal injuries – Upper limbs

Item 23b - Musculo-skeletal injuries – Lower limbs

Item 23c - Soft tissue injuries

Item 23d - Thoracic wounds

Item 23e  - Facial wounds

OTHER ITEMS  

Ministère de la Santé et des Services sociaux: Administrating epinephrine for acute anaphylactic type allergic reactions: People known to be allergic – 1.5 hour.