medical first responder
Duration: 80 hours for base component (various different course add-ons available)
Completion Criteria: Written knowledge evaluation, 2 scenario evaluations, skills competencies
Certificate: Red Cross Advanced First Aid Certificate (3 years) and BLS (1 year)
Medical first responder
Our Medical First Responder course is customizable to best meet the needs of your department. It revolves around an 80-hour Advanced First Aid with Basic Life Support (AFA/BLS) course as the base component to the program and additional courses can be added or adjusted to meet the scheduling needs and work requirements of your department. This course was chosen because it meets qualifications for a number of organizations’ required medical training, including:
• Alberta Health Services (AHS) Medical First Response Partner Agency Program
• NFPA 1006 – Rescue Technician Medical Training Requirements
• Calgary Fire Department and Edmonton Fire Department Medical Training Requirements
• SAIT and NAIT’s MFR Pre-requisite to apply for their Primary Care Paramedic programs (ITLS Required)
It is suited to offer the time necessary to learn the knowledge and hone the skills covered in this course. At 80 hours, it is comprehensive while allowing a lot of time for practice and application.
Options of additional courses to add include but are not limited to:
• High Performance CPR
• Protocol Integration
• PCR Writing
• History Taking
• International Trauma Life Support (ITLS)
• Psychological First Aid
• Online Safety Courses
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We keep your departments shift schedule in mind by offering flexible scheduling, which may include evenings, weekends, and flexible teaching hours. Course days for most courses may be scheduled non-consecutively.
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Our courses can be run entirely in person, or depending on course selection may be run in a blended format, allowing up to 50% of our Medical First Responder course components to be taken online.
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While we have all training equipment available for medical courses, we know that our training equipment may not match your departments equipments, and are always happy to teach based on the departments equipment selection.
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