PLEASE NOTE:
- If you are a Chiropractor in Ontario, you are required to have Emergency First Aid & CPR C
- Standard First Aid & CPR C is required for Osteopaths & CMCC Students
- BLS (Basic Life Support) is required for Naturopaths
Description:
- This course provides an overview of cardiopulmonary resuscitation and first aid skills for the Chiropractic office.
- The course is geared specifically towards Chiropractors and Chiropractic offices.
- In comparison to the Emergency First Aid & CPR course, this course will offer additional training with fractures, spinal injuries, head injuries, and others, which can all present in Chiropractic offices.
- In Ontario: 8 hours online and 7 hours in class
- Blended course is part online and part in class
- 3 year Red Cross certification
Course content:
- Preparing to respond
- The EMS system
- Check, call, care
- Airway emergencies
- Breathing and circulation emergencies
- First aid for respiratory and cardiac arrest
- Wound care
- Head and spine injuries
- Bone, muscle and joint injuries
- Sudden medical emergencies
- Environmental emergencies
- Poisons
Take home:
- Red Cross First Aid & CPR eBook (250 pages, digital format delivered via email)
- Certification card, available online
Information for Alberta Chiropractors:
- meets the standards set by the ACAC
- meets legislation requirements of Occupational Health and Safety
