Back to the coursesChild Care Intermediate First Aid
17 Hours
3 Years Valid
A comprehensive 17-hour course offering lifesaving first aid skills, cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) skills and injury prevention skills and knowledge, with a focus on childhood injuries and illnesses that is typically completed in two days. This course meets legislation requirements for provincial/territorial worker safety and includes the latest guidelines.
Who Should Attend:
Parents, teachers, administrators, health care workers, dentists, doctors, teachers, police officers, community center workers and health care administrators caregivers, lifeguards, nurses.
$170.00
Course Outline
Legal Requirements and Responsibilities in the Workplace for Albertans
The Need for and Importance of CPR
The Sign of Life™ (PrimaryAssessment)
CPR for Adult, Child and Infant (Cardio-Pulmonary Resuscitation)
AED Training
Partial and Complete Airway Obstructions for Adult, Child and Infant
Special Considerations when doing CPR
Basic Structure and Function of the Respiratory System
Basic Structure and Function of the Circulatory System
Risk Factors of Cardiovascular Disease
Signs and Symptoms and First Aid for Angina / Heart Attack and TIA / Stroke
Severe External Bleeding, Amputations and Care for Amputated Tissue
Internal Bleeding / Shock
Unconsciousness/ Fainting
Recovery Position
Closed and Open Wounds
Scalp, Ear, Eye, Mouth and Nose Injuries
Thermal Injuries (Burns)
Chemical and Electrical Injuries (Burns)
Drowning, Hyperventilation, Asthma, Anaphylaxis, Inhalation, and Chest Injuries
Principles of the Secondary Assessment
Head / Spine and Pelvic Injuries
Poisons, bites, stings
Cold Emergencies
Heat Emergencies
Diabetic Emergencies
Seizures
Emergency Child Birth
Bone and Joint Injuries
First Aid Kits
Child Care Specific Information:
Abuse (Signs of)
Asthma
Calling 911 / Parents / Guardians
Chickenpox
Conjunctivitis (Pink Eye)
Constipation
Croup
Dental Hygiene
Dehydration
Diarrhea
Diaper Rash
Earaches
Eczema
Fever
Five Rights of Medication
Hepatitis
Illnesses in Children (Signs of)
Immunizations
Legal Responsibilities
Lice
Measles
Pertussis (Whooping Cough)
Pinworms
Policies
Ringworms
Scabies
Shaken Baby Syndrome (SBS)
Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS)
Vomiting
