Community First Aid Training Online

We believe that everyone in our communities should receive first aid training. The following free, online courses will help you develop basic first aid knowledge prior to attending a hands-on course, or serve as a way to supplement your current first aid skills. 

Complete one course per day throughout the week, or dedicate one day to completing all of the courses in order to gain the knowledge needed to respond to an injury or illness and maybe save a life.    

911 and You: Preparing Bystanders for Emergencies - In this four-part training, we will cover the basics of calling 911 and the steps that you can take to recognize and respond to stroke and cardiac arrest. Each module will include practical tips and activities for sharing this life-saving information with the older adults in your family and community, particularly those for whom English is not a preferred language. https://phlearnlink.nwcphp.org/index.php? (1.5 hours)

ACS Stop the Bleed Interactive Course - This Stop the Bleed Interactive Course guides individuals through the three methods of bleeding control using video demonstrations, interactive learning, and spontaneous quizzes. This Stop the Bleed Interactive Course is free to all students and can be taken multiple times to learn and refresh knowledge of the Stop the Bleed. https://www.stopthebleed.org/training/online-course (25-minutes) 

First Aid 103-01 - This online course describes common injuries that require first aid treatment and how to provide aid for such injuries. The course identifies major emergencies requiring the services of emergency personnel and provides initial treatment for such injuries. When providing aid, you will learn to adhere to the universal precautions taken to prevent the transmission of bloodborne pathogens and prevent infections. You will also learn to identify the dual causes of slips, trips, and falls as lack of alertness and physical hazards. https://www.disasterready.org/ (1-hour and 9-minutes)

First Aid Resuscitation – Choking, CPR, and AED 103-03 - This online course teaches you to identify the signs of choking, cardiac arrest, heart attack, and stroke. Learn how to assist victims using appropriate first aid techniques including the Heimlich Maneuver, Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR), and the use of an Automated External Defibrillator (AED). https://www.disasterready.org/ (50-minutes)

Prevent Overdose WA is a program led by the Washington State Department of Health to reduce deaths from opioids through education and proven harm reduction approaches. https://preventoverdosewa.org/ and https://stopoverdose.org/ (1-hour - Self-Study)

Seizure Recognition and First Aid Certification - The Seizure Recognition and First Aid Certification (On-Demand) course formally educates the public on the Epilepsy Foundation’s approved procedures for recognizing seizures and responding to someone having a seizure. https://learn.epilepsy.com/courses/seizure-first-aid-cert-ondemand (1.5 hours)

 

 

Canadian Bush Pilot Survival Kit Requirements

 

Pilots flying over remote areas in Canada are required to carry basic survival items aboard their aircraft.

Canada used to have pretty stringent regulations regarding required survival gear. Then we revised the regulations, leaving the contents virtually undefined and ambiguous, presenting unscrupulous operators with loopholes large enough to fly a 747 through. The current version of the regulation follows, with the former version, a fairly good guide for what may be considered acceptable with modification by some field personnel, following the current regulations. (In other words, follow the old regulation if you plan on surviving in the bush.)

Survival Equipment - Flights over Land

CAR 602.61 (1) Subject to subsection (2), no person shall operate an aircraft over land unless there is carried on board survival equipment, sufficient for the survival on the ground of each person on board, given the geographical area, the season of the year and anticipated seasonal climatic variations, that provides the means for

(a) starting a fire;

(b) providing shelter;

(c) providing or purifying water; and

(d) visually signalling distress.

(https://laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/regulations/sor-96-433/page-58.html)


Old Canadian Regulations (no longer in force)

Emergency Equipment for Flights in Sparsely Settled Areas (most of the area north of 52 degrees North latitude is designated as "Sparsely Settled")

• Food having a caloric value of at least 10,000 calories per person carried, not subject to deterioration by heat or cold and stored in a sealed waterproof container bearing a tag or label on which the operator of the aircraft or his representative has certified the amount and satisfactory condition of the food in the container following an inspection made not more than 6 months prior to the flight.
• Cooking utensils.
• Matches in a waterproof container.
• A stove and a supply of fuel or a self-contained means of providing heat for cooking when operating north of the tree line.
• A portable compass.
• An axe of at least 2 1/2 pounds or 1 kilogram weight with a handle of not less than 28 inches or 70 centimeters in length. (typically referred to as a "Hudson Bay" axe)
• A flexible saw blade or equivalent cutting tool.
• Snare wire of at least 30 feet or 9 meters and instructions for its use.
• Fishing equipment including still fishing bait and a gill net of not more than a 2 inch or 3 centimeter mesh.
• Mosquito nets or netting and insect repellant sufficient to meet the needs of all persons carried when operating in an area where insects are likely to be hazardous.
• Tents or engine and wing covers of a suitable design, coloured or having panels coloured in international orange or other high visibility colour, sufficient to accommodate all persons when operating north of the tree line.
• Winter sleeping bags sufficient in quantity to accommodate all persons carried when operating in an area where the mean daily temperature is likely to be 7 degrees C (approx. 45 degrees F) or less.
• Two pairs of snow shoes when operating in areas where the ground snow cover is likely to be 12 inches or 30 centimeters of more.
• A signalling mirror.
• At least 3 pyrotechnical distress signals.
• A sharp jack-knife or hunting knife of good quality.
• A suitable survival instruction manual.
• Conspicuity panel.

The following are suggested as useful additional equipment:

• Spare Axe Handle
• Honing stone or file
• Ice chisel
• Snow knife or snow saw
• Snow shovel
• Flashlight with spare bulbs and batteries
• Pack sack

Firearms are carried at the operator's discretion. However, if it is proposed to carry firearms in an aircraft as additional emergency equipment the operator should be aware that hand held pistols, revolvers, etc., known as small arms, and fully automatic weapons are not authorized to be carried or worn in Canada.