Course Details

Certification

Emergency First Aid

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Emergency First Aid (EFA) is for people to gain a general knowledge of first aid principles and the emergency treatment of injuries. Skills include: casualty assessment, CPR, AED, choking, external bleeding, heart attack, and stroke. Includes CPR-C and AED certification.

Ideal Candidate(s): Anyone

Prerequisite(s): None

Certification Currency: 3 years from the date of certification

Recertification: None. Must attend an original course

Skills and Knowledge

    1. Through practical activities wherever possible, demonstrate an understanding of the goals of first aid.
    2. Through practical activities wherever possible, demonstrate an understanding of the legal implications of providing first aid treatment.
    3. Through practical activities wherever possible, demonstrate an understanding of the principles of universal precautions, including barrier devices, hand washing, and use of gloves.
    4. Through practical activities wherever possible, demonstrate an understanding of the anatomy and physiology of the ABC priorities.
    5. Demonstrate primary assessment of a victim including:
      • scene survey
      • level of consciousness
      • airway, breathing, circulation
      • major bleeding
      • mechanism of injury

      Demonstrate secondary assessment of a victim including:

      • vital signs
      • head-to-toe examination
      • history
    6. Demonstrate one-rescuer adult, child and infant cardiopulmonary resuscitation on a manikin and how to use an AED.
    1. Simulate the treatment of:
      • conscious adult, child or infant with an obstructed airway
      • complications: a pregnant woman and person who is obese
    2. Simulate the treatment of an unconscious adult, child or infant with an obstructed airway.
    3. Demonstrate the effective direction of bystanders to activate EMS.
    4. Demonstrate the recognition and care of a victim suffering from the following respiratory emergencies:
      • hyperventilation
      • asthma
    5. Demonstrate the recognition and care of a victim suffering from:
      1. shock
      2. heart attack or angina
      3. external bleeding
      4. stroke / transient ischemic attack
    6. Demonstrate the recognition and care of a victim suffering from:
      1. abdominal injury
      2. burn injury
      3. facial injury
    7. Demonstrate the recognition and care of an unconscious victim.

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