Course Description

Trains Vehicle Operators how to identify medical illnesses or injuries that need to be responded to and how to assist individuals to the best of the employees’ ability. Some of the topics covered include the following:

Key topics covered include the following:

 

• • Preliminary treatment of shock

• • Control of bleeding

• • Recognizing when an emergency exists and deciding to act

• • Activating an EMS System

• • Emergency action steps

• • The Importance of Consent

• • Unconscious airway, breathing and circulation management

• • Recover Position

• • Incident stress

• • Water emergencies

• • Prevention and treatment of frostbite and cold exposure

• • prevention and treatment of heat exhaustion and heat stroke

• • Diabetic emergencies

• • Standard First Aid Skills Classroom Experience

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