Instructor Guide - Wilderness & Remote First Aid

Instructor Guide

The Canadian Red Cross Instructor Guide for Wilderness and Remote First Aid is a 90 page, red and white resource manual included with the printed materials for participants in Canadian Red Cross Wilderness First Aid Instructor courses, and Canadian Red Cross Remote First Aid Instructor courses.

The "Instructor Guide - Wilderness and Remote Fist Aid" is used by Canadian Red Cross Wilderness First Aid Instructors and Remote First Aid Instructors when teaching the Canadian Red Cross Professional Wilderness First Aid Programs courses, including Wilderness First Aid courses, and Remote First Aid courses.

The Instructor Guide - Wilderness and Remote First Aid text book provides Canadian Red Cross Wilderness First Aid Programs Instructors with a basic overview of the essential content to be covered in each Wilderness Programs course, as well as guidelines pertaining to the administration and remediation of formal written evaluations, and practical scenario evaluations.

A printed copy of the Instructor Guide - Wilderness & Remote First Aid book is included with the course package materials for your Canadian Red Cross Wilderness First Responder Instructor training.

Instructor Guide - Wilderness & Remote First Aid contents:

• Fundamental Principles of the Red Cross
• Context for Canadian Red Cross First Aid Education
• Introduction to this Guide
• Choosing the Learning Space
• Impact of Group Dynamics
• Overnight or Extended Learning Sessions
• Emergency Services in Remote and Wilderness Environments

1. Urban vs Wilderness
2. Planning
3. Assessment
4. Choking
5. Circulation Emergencies
6. CPR and AED
7. Breathing Emergencies
8. Wound Care
9. Head, Neck, and Spinal Injuries
10. Bone, Muscle, and Joint Injuries
11. Sudden Medical Emergencies
12. Environmental Illness
13. Poisons
14. Wildlife
15. Extended Care
16. Evacuation: Transporting the Ill or Injured Person
17. Workplace Considerations
18. Occupational Health & Safety