First Aid
Instructor
Recertification
2013
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Overview
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Welcome and Introduction
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4 Ds
• Demonstrate
• Describe
• Do
• Debrief/Discuss
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Closing and Wrap-up
Course Objectives
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Provide an opportunity to demonstrate and
refine skills using the 4Ds
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Provide a forum to explore Red Cross
program updates
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Provide Instructor Trainers with an
opportunity to network, share ideas,
provide feedback, discuss concerns and
resolve issues
Introductions
Demonstrate
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Objectives
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Upon completion of this session, you will
be able to
• Demonstrate the “Trickle-Down” teaching
method
• Describe the fundamentals of volunteering
• Demonstrate Red Cross Code of Conduct
• Respond to questions and inquiries from your
course participants
‘Trickle-Down’ Teaching Model
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Methods and attitudes
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Seven Fundamental Principles
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Active learning
Fundamentals of Volunteering
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Benefits of volunteering
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Canadian Red Cross Introduction to
Volunteerism
Motivation to Volunteer
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Know more about what motivates
volunteers to understand
• Obstacles in recruitment and retention
• Challenges in job design and scheduling
• Developing volunteer training programs
• Ways to recognize volunteers and their
contributions
Words of the President
“There is no higher calling than when a person gives his or her own
knowledge, skills, time or resources to someone in need of help or
comfort. This is the fundamental principle of volunteerism. Volunteering
is at the heart of community-building. It promotes trust and reciprocity. It
encourages good citizenship and provides people with an environment
where they can learn the responsibilities of community and civic
involvement.”
-Tadateru Konoe
President of the International Federation of Red
Cross and Red Crescent Societies
What is volunteering?
Value of Volunteers
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Volunteering trends from the Value of
Volunteers Report
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Important to recognize current volunteers
and attract new ones
Truth About Volunteering
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Unemployed versus employed
Truth About Volunteering
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Barriers to contributing
Truth About Volunteering
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Household income related to average
hours contributed
Testimonials
I’ve always wanted to volunteer for an
organization, especially the Red Cross. It’s a
well-known organization all around the
world for its implication in serving people.
That’s my main motivation. I’ve always
wanted to serve my community as well.
Mahimpundu Ange Raissa
First Aid Services Team
I’m very proud of what it stands for. I believe
in the Fundamental Principles that the Red
Cross stands for and I just think it’s a
fantastic organization to volunteer with.
Peter McGuinness
Disaster Management
The reason I like to volunteer is I like
to help out other people and I also
like to make a difference. The
opportunity that I saw with the Red
Cross was that it would allow me to
help out people, give back and make
a difference. And I find that I’ve
done that with the Red Cross.
David Burnside
Health Equipment
Loan Program
New Generation
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Six characteristics
• Educated professionals
• Goal-oriented
• Mobile and transient
• Technologically skilled
• Individualistic
• Interests linked to community and causes
Personal Experiences
Role Models
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Fundamental Principles
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“One Red Cross”
Instructor Code of Conduct
Standards of Behaviour
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Observe and promote
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Treat peers fairly
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Display professional standards
Legal Responsibilities
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Responsibilities of a Canadian Red Cross
Instructor
• Provide consistent training
• Be a First Aider/responder
• Ensure knowledge and skills are current
• Focus on first aid treatment and prevention,
not on the cause of injury
Responding to Questions and
Inquiries
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How to handle challenging questions from
participants
• What to do and what not to do
Ask the Expert
Draw on technical expertise
• First Aid Technical Advisory Group
• National Medical Advisory Committee
• Scientific Advisory Council
• European First Aid Reference Centre
• International Liaison Committee on Resuscitation
 To obtain more information
• http://www.redcross.ca/myrc
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Demonstrate
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Describe
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Objectives
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Describe the importance of consistency as
a Red Cross Instructor
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Describe specific technical first aid skills
Consistency
One
Red
Cross
Keys to Consistency
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Training outcome
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Instructor should posses the necessary
knowledge and information
Rapid Fire Skills
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Click to animate skills
one-by-one
Skill #1
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Correctly identify the skill
• Ask the SAMPLE questions
• Check the quality of vital signs
• Level of consciousness, breathing, skin
• If person is conscious and able to answer questions,
look at all exposed areas of the body for discoloration
or deformities and ask the person to move each body
part one at a time, beginning with the head, to see of
anything hurts
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Secondary Survey: Hands-Off Check
Skill #2
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Correctly identify the skill
• Check the scene to ensure it is safe and, if so,
check the person and the person’s ABCs
• Call EMS/9-1-1 and get an AED
• Ensure the person’s ABCs are present
• Perform a secondary survey and treat any nonlife-threatening conditions
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Check, Call, Care
Skill #3
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Correctly identify the skill
• Wear gloves and have a barrier device available
• Check the scene to ensure it is safe and, if so, check the
person and the person’s ABCs
• Treat the injury using the RICE method
• Check the skin temperature and colour below the injured
area before and after splinting
• When possible, splint the injured leg in the position in
which it was found
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Splinting (anatomical splint for leg)
Skill #4
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Correctly identify the skill
• Wear gloves and use a barrier device
• Check the scene to ensure that it is safe and, if so, check
the person and the person’s ABCs
• Have someone call EMS/9-1-1 and get an AED—if alone,
call EMS/9-1-1 yourself, get an AED, and then return to
care for the person
• Expose the wound,, apply direct pressure to the bleeding,
secure the dressing, ensure the person’s ABCs are
present
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External Deadly Bleeding
Skill #5
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Correctly identify the skill
• Wear gloves and use a barrier device
• Check the scene to ensure it is safe and, if so,
check the person and the person’s ABCs
• Shout for help
• Care: Positioning, back blows, abdominal thrusts,
continual care
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Conscious Choking
Activity Buffet
Describe
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Do
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Objectives
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Demonstrate specific first aid skills
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Differentiate between adapting and
modifying a course
Adapting a Course
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Importance of adapting a course, while
making sure not to modify
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Consider
• Environment
• Participants
• Formation
• Special considerations
Misunderstanding
Stations Activity
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H.A.IN.E.S. recovery position—Adult, Child,
Baby
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CPR using pocket mask —Adult, Child, and
Baby
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Rolling from a face-down position to a faceup position Using a bag-valve-mask
Do
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Debrief/Discuss
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Objectives
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Describe information about the Canadian
Red Cross and courses
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Describe the importance and examine the
implications of disregarding program
standards
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Provide information on taking the Red
Cross further in day-to-day practice
First Aid Programs
Pre-hospital
Care Program
Wilderness &
Remote First
Aid Program
Caregiver
First Aid
Program
Core First Aid
Program
CPR/AED
Program
Marine First
Aid Program
Instructor
Development
Program
First Aid Program
Vision
• Candidates impact on vision
 Plan
• Marketing and business development
• Program and leadership development
• Research
• Public education
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SAC and FATAG
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Develop customer service culture
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Implement core goals and objectives
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Implement and invest in senior technical
advisory groups
Leadership
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Nationally consistent
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Instructor Trainers are masters of
instructor development
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MITs conduct IT training across country
Technology
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My Red Cross
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Shop Red Cross
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Online registration
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Participant tools
Consistency Revisited
Consistency relates to program standards
 Implications of disregarding program
standards
• Liability
• Integrity
• Disciplined action
• Failure to support “one Red Cross”
• Legislator approval
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Taking it Further
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Get involved
• Disaster management
• RespectED
• Water Safety
• National Contact Centre
Website
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Learn of more ways to get involved
• www.redcross.ca/volunteer
Debrief/Discuss
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Closing and
Wrap-up
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