Remote First Aid (20hr): Iqaluit, Nunavut

От CAD 300,00 CA$
  • Продолжительность: 20 час. (прибл.)
  • Место встречи: Iqaluit, Nunavut
  • Код предложения: RFA_NU

This session is for clients in Nunavut only.

Basic level of Wilderness & Remote First Aid that covers material in Standard First Aid & CPR, plus special material on techniques for wilderness and remote areas. Course also offers strategies for providing extended care for up to 24 hours. Part of the course is taught in an outdoor setting and requires greater physical activity and endurance than typical first aid training. 

Duration: 20 hours. Flexible delivery available

Audience: Suitable for individuals who live or work in non-urban, remote or wilderness workplaces or communities.

Outdoor Location: Road to Nowhere
Indoor Location: TBD: Iqaluit, Nunavut

Environment:
  • Remote workplaces or communities (2 or more hours from organized
    health care)
  • Wilderness (less than 3 hours from organized health care)


Planned Trip: Day trip

Care: Participants learn skills and strategies for providing care in a
remote setting for up to 24 hours


Key Learning Concepts:

  • Planning, prevention, and situational awareness
  • Wound care
  • Environmental emergencies

Course Content

  • Planning
  • Your health
  • Assessment
  • Airway emergencies
  • Breathing and circulation emergencies
  • Cardiac and respiratory arrest (includes CPR-C)
  • Wound care
  • Head and spine injuries
  • Bone, muscle and joint injuries
  • Sudden medical emergencies
  • Environmental emergencies
  • Poisons
  • Extended care
  • Evacuation: transporting the ill or injured person

Completion Requirements

  • 100% attendance
  • Skills demonstration
  • 75% min. passing grade on written exam

Certification

3-year certification in Wilderness & Remote First Aid, CPR Level C, and AED

Take Home Materials:

  • Wilderness & Remote Field Guide