Advance First Aid Renewal

Advanced First Aid Renewal

AFA is a professional level of emergency response including Firefighters, Law-Enforcement Officers, Oil and Gas Safety personnel and Emergency Medical Services personnel.

Advanced First Aid Program:

The Advanced First Aid Program offered by the frontline training.

Agency Approvals:

• – Edmonton Fire Recruitment
• – OFA Level 3 British Columbia
• – Work Place Health and Safety

Audience:

For those primarily designated with the responsibility as an Advanced Workplace First Aid Attendant. In some jurisdictions, this advanced first aid course is approved for pre-hospital medical first responders.

Duration:

40 Hours (based on jurisdiction)

Prerequisites:

Participant must be certified in Standard First Aid with CPR level C

Completion:

• – Successfully demonstrate the required skills
• – Minimum 75% mark for written, closed book, knowledge evaluation
• – Successfully complete minimum of one practical scenario
• – Attend and participate in 100% of the course Certification
• – 3-year certification in Advanced First Aid (digital certificate issued upon successful completion)
• – Recertification
• – 40 hours

Course Content:

• – The Professional Responder
• – Responding to the call
• – Infection prevention and control
• – Anatomy and physiology
• – Assessment
• – Airway management and respiratory emergences • Circulatory emergencies
• – Shock
• – Hemorrhage and soft tissue trauma
• – Musculoskeletal injuries
• – Chest, abdominal and pelvic injuries
• – Head and spinal injuries
• – Acute and chronic illnesses
• – Poisoning
• – Environmental illnesses
• – Pregnancy, labour and delivery
• – Special populations
• – Crisis intervention
• – Reaching, lifting and extricating patients
• – Transportation
• – Multiple-casualty incidents
• – Pharmacology
• – Marine environment
• – Workplace