West Vancouver Standard First Aid

• Recovery position
• Severe external bleeding
• Amputations and care for amputated tissue
• Internal bleeding / Shock Unconsciousness / Fainting
• Principles of secondary assessment using SAMPLE, vital signs & head-to-toe exam
• Drowning, Hyperventilation, Asthma, Anaphylactic Reaction, Inhalation and Chest Injuries
• Head, spine and pelvic injuries (including rollovers, immobilization)
• Closed and open wounds
• Bleeding from scalp and ears
• Eye, mouth and nose injuries
• Thermal injuries (burns)
• Chemical and electrical injuries
• Poisons, bites and stings
• Bone and joint injuries of upper and lower extremities
• First aid kits – contents incl. barrier devices
• Cold emergencies (hypothermia, frost nip and frostbite)

West Vancouver Standard First Aid

• Heat emergencies
• Diabetic emergencies
• Seizures (convulsions)

West Vancouver Standard First Aid