Wilderness First Responder Skill Sheets

Wilderness First Responder Skills Checklists
Wilderness First Responder Skills

Wilderness First Responder Skill Checklist Sheets for Canadian Red Cross Wilderness First Responder Instructors in Kelowna, BC.

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

Listed and linked below, are the most current Canadian Red Cross Wilderness First Responder 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 Responder Skills

  1. Donning and Doffing PPE
  2. Scene and Primary Assessment
  3. Secondary Assessment
  4. Blood Pressure Measurement
  5. Ongoing Assessment
  6. Foreign-Body Airway Obstruction: Responsive Child or Adult
  7. Foreign-Body Airway Obstruction: Responsive Infant
  8. Unresponsive Foreign-Body Airway Obstruction
  9. Using an Epinephrine Auto-Injector
  10. Self-Rescue for an Obstructed Airway
  11. Assisted Ventilations—Adult/Child/Infant
  12. Using a Bag-Valve-Mask (BVM)—Adult/Child/Infant
  13. Oxygen Therapy—Set-Up and Delivery
  14. Insertion of an Oropharyngeal Airway (OPA)
  15. Insertion of a Nasopharyngeal Airway (NPA)
  16. Suctioning
  17. Controlling External Bleeding
  18. Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR)—Adult/Child/Infant/Neonate
  19. Using a Defibrillator
  20. Splinting
  21. Applying a Traction Splint
  22. Pelvic Binding
  23. Applying a Cervical Collar
  24. Rolling a Patient Onto a Backboard: From a Semi-Prone Position
  25. Rolling a Patient Onto a Backboard: From a Prone Position
  26. Rolling a Patient Onto a Backboard: From a Supine Position
  27. Securing a Patient on a Backboard
  28. Helmet Removal
  29. Using a Glucometer
  30. Administering Glucose Gel
  31. Caring for Hypothermia (Hypothermia Wrap)
  32. Vehicle Safety Check
  33. IV Maintenance
                                                                                                                           

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

Download the Wilderness First Responder Skills Checklists
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 Responder Instructor Skills (2020)"