First Responder

Our First Responder (FR) course provides the essential skills and certifications needed to start your career in emergency services. With full EMALB Schedule 1 and 2 endorsements, no additional "Scope Update" training is required. This comprehensive, hands-on course is designed to meet provincial licensing standards and prepare responders for real-world medical emergencies. Our FR course includes full training in Airway Management and Oxygen Therapy.

Duration: 40 hours (5 days)

Time: M-F 8:30 - 4:30  

Cost: $700 +GST

Completion:

•  Successfully demonstrate the required skills
• Minimum 75% mark for written, closed book, knowledge evaluation
• Successfully complete two evaluated scenarios (one each, medical and trauma)
• Attend and participate in 100% of the course

Certification:

• 3-year certification in First Responder (digital certificate issued upon successful completion)

Course Content:

• The Professional Responder
• Responding to the call
• Infection prevention and control
• Anatomy and physiology
• Assessment
• Airway management and respiratory emergencies
• 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
• Multiple-casualty incidents