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First Aid & CPR Manual

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First Aid Manual

Canadian Red Cross First Aid & CPR Student Manual for Standard First Aid courses, Workplace First Aid courses, and Emergency First Aid courses in Kelowna, BC. The Canadian Red Cross First Aid & CPR manual is a smaller, more portable companion book to the Comprehensive Guide to First Aid.

You will refer to the First Aid & CPR student manual throughout your Canadian Red Cross First Aid or CPR course. A significant part of your First Aid training involves familiarizing yourself with the First Aid manual, and learning how to use it as an on the spot guide when you encounter an emergency in your everyday life.

The information in the Canadian Red Cross First Aid and CPR manual follows the guidelines from the most currently recognized International Liaison Committee on Rescuscitation (ILCOR) and Canadian Consensus on Science and Treatment Recommendations (CoSTR) recommendations.

Your Canadian Red Cross certified First Aid instructor will provide you with a classroom copy of the First Aid & CPR manual to utilize in your First Aid or CPR course. You also have the option to purchase a take-home copy, to keep in your home First Aid kit, vehicle glove box, backpack, purse, tool box or desk. You might even decide to buy a few copies to keep in different locations. You can also download a PDF copy of the First Aid & CPR manual for free, and keep it stored for quick, easy access on your computer, laptop, tablet and smartphone.

First Aid & CPR manual contents:

Chapter 1: The Red Cross

Chapter 2: Responding to Emergencies

  • Preparing to Respond
  • First Aid Kit
  • Legal Issues
  • Chain of Survival Behaviours
  • After an Emergency
  • Lowering the Risk of Infection
  • Equipment Precautions
  • Removing Gloves
  • Handwashing

Chapter 3: Check, Call, Care

  • Check
  • ABCs
  • Call
  • Care
  • Recovery Position
  • Medication
  • Secondary Assessment
  • SAMPLE Questions
  • Vital Signs
  • Injury Check
  • Shock

Chapter 4: Choking

  • Adult or Child
  • By Yourself
  • Baby

Chapter 5: Circulation Emergencies

  • Heart Attack
  • Stroke
  • Life Threatening External Bleeding
  • Applying a Tourniquet
  • Life Threatening Internal Bleeding

Chapter 6: CPR & AED

  • CPR
  • Compression-Only CPR
  • Adult or Child
  • Baby
  • When Rescue Breaths Don't Go In
  • AED

Chapter 7: Breathing Emergencies

  • Asthma
  • Using an Inhaler
  • Anaphylaxis

Chapter 8: Wound Care

  • Bandaging Guidelines
  • Cuts & Scrapes
  • Burns
  • Chemical Burns
  • Electrical Burns
  • Bruises
  • Splinters
  • Nosebleeds
  • Knocked-Out Teeth
  • Eye Injuries
  • Impaled Objects
  • Chest Injuries

Chapter 9: Head, Neck and Spinal Injuries

  • Concussion

Chapter 10: Bone, Muscle and Joint Injuries

  • Splints & Slings
  • Regular Sling
  • Tube Sling

Chapter 11: Sudden Medical Emergencies

  • Diabetic Emergencies
  • Seizures
  • Mental Health Crisis
  • Suicide
  • Childbirth

Chapter 12: Environmental Illnesses

  • Heat-Related Illnesses
  • Cold-Related Illnesses
  • Frostbite
  • Hypothermia

Chapter 13: Poisons

  • Carbon Monoxide Poisoning
  • Poison Ivy, Sumac, and Oak
  • Giant Hogweed and Wild Parsnip
  • Alcohol or Drugs
  • Insect Stings
  • Animal Bites
  • Spiders
  • Ticks
  • Snakes
  • Stings from Marine Life

Appendix: Foundations of First Aid

 

How to Download a Free Copy

First Aid Manual
Download the First Aid Manual

After you have completed a Canadian Red Cross First Aid and/or CPR course, your name will be added and uploaded to a corresponding course roster on the Canadian Red Cross MyRC platform. This will activate your access to the First Aid & CPR manual through your online MyRC Profile at myrc.redcross.ca.

Click here for instructions on how to create your MyRC profile if you haven't done so already, then follow the steps below to access and download the Canadian Red Cross First Aid and CPR manual.

  1. Create and/or login to your Canadian Red Cross MyRC Profile.
  2. Click the "My Profile" tab
  3. Click the "My Digital Books" tab
  4. Click "First Aid & CPR" from the corresponding list of links
  5. View and/or download the PDF file that opens from your web browser


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