Wilderness First Aid Skill Sheets

Wilderness First Aid Skills

Wilderness First Aid Skill Checklist Sheets for Canadian Red Cross Wilderness & Remote First Aid Instructors in Kelowna, BC.

One of the first steps towards becoming a Canadian Red Cross Wilderness First Aid Instructor, is demonstrating your ability to perform all the relevant Wilderness First Aid skills, without coaching or correction, to a Canadian Red Cross Wilderness First Aid Instructor-Trainer (WFAIT) or a Canadian Red Cross Wilderness First Aid Instructor with the Teaching Experience Supervisor (TES) accreditation.

Listed and linked below, are the most current Canadian Red Cross Wilderness First Aid Skill Sheets which collectively outline all the skills, including the specific steps required to perform each skill, you will need to demonstrate during your Skills Assessment.

It is strongly recommended that you download and review all the Skills Checklists well in advance of your scheduled Skills Assessment session, to ensure that you arrive fully prepared to be successful.

Canadian Red Cross Wilderness First Aid Skills

1. Removing Gloves
2. Scene Assessment
3. Primary Assessment
4. Secondary Assessment
5. Recovery Position
6. Rolling a Person From Face-Down to Face-Up
7. Choking Adult or Child
8. Choking Baby
9. Choking Alone
10. Life-Threatening External Bleeding
11. Applying a Tourniquet
12. Adult Compression-Only CPR
13. Adult CPR/AED
14. Child CPR/AED
15. Baby CPR/AED
16. Using an Inhaler and a Spacer
17. Using an Epinephrine Auto-Injector
18. Helmet Removal
19. Immobilizing a Head or Spinal Injury
20. Discontinuing Spinal Precautions
21. Applying a Tube Sling
22. Applying a Regular Sling
23. Splinting
24. Caring for a Person with Hypothermia

                                                                                                                           

How to Access & Download the Canadian Red Cross Wilderness First Aid Skill Sheets

Download Instructions

1. Login to your MyRC Profile
   (click here for instructions to activate your MyRC Profile, if you haven't already done so)
2. Select "Tools"
3. Select "First Aid Programs"
4. Select "Wilderness & Remote First Aid"
5. Select "Skills Checklists"
6. Click and Open/Download "Wilderness First Aid Instructor Skills (2020)"