Aquatic Emergency Care/AED

You own an aquatic facility or work in one? The Aquatic Emergency Care/AED award is required by the Regulation respecting safety in public baths, which stipulates that owners of aquatic facilities whose water plan surface is less than 100 m2 (such as hotels and campsites) must ensure that an employee with this certification is on site. 

This 20-hour training will teach you the principle underlying first aid techniques that must be performed for the most common injuries that occur around aquatic environments and the treatments to administer to victims in cardiopulmonary arrest. You will focus on basic lifesaving techniques, victim removal, entries into water, management of spinal-injury victim in the aquatic environment and rescuing an unconscious or non-swimmer victim. 

Moreover, you will learn how to provide basic treatments to immobilize an injury, to use an automated external defibrillator (AED) and to administer epinephrin with an auto-injector. At the end of this course, you will be able to quickly recognize abnormal signs and symptoms and to apply the necessary measures. 

PREREQUISITES 

AEC 20h: No prerequisite 

AEC 6h: up-to-date Standard first aid certificate or up-to-date First aid from CNESST   

AWARD VALIDITY 

2 years 

COURSE CONTENT 

GENERAL ITEMS  

Item 1 - Standard first aid principles 

Item 2 - Legal aspects of an intervention 

Item 3 - Emergency procedures 

Item 4 - Carrying an injured victim 

Item 5 - Communications with the emergency response services 

Item 6 - Anatomy and physiology 

Item 7 - Prehospital assessment 

Item 8 - Primary assessment 

RESUSCITATION  

Item 10 - Chain of Survival™ 

Item 11 - Resuscitation techniques – Adult and child 

Item 12 - Airway obstruction – Conscious adult and child 

Item 13 - Airway obstruction – Unconscious adult and child 

Item 14 - Rescue breathing complications or specific situations 

Item 15 - AED operation 

Item 16 - Two-rescuer CPR and AED 

MEDICAL 

Item 17 - Shock / fainting 

Item 18a - Convulsions 

Item 18b - Glycemia-related problems 

Item 19a - Cardiovascular emergencies 

Item 19b - Respiratory emergencies 

Item 19c - Intoxication 

Item 19d - Abdominal pains 

ENVIRONMENTAL 

Item 20a - Cold-related problems 

Item 20b - Heat-related problems 

Item 20c - Burns 

Item 20d - Drowning 

TRAUMA 

Item 21 - Bleeding 

Item 22 - Head and spinal injuries  

Item 23a - Musculo-skeletal injuries – Upper limbs 

Item 23b - Soft tissue injuries 

Item 23c - Thoracic injuries 

Item 23d - Facial injuries 

RESCUE   

Item 25 - Entries / Removals 

Item 26- Management of a spinal injury in an aquatic environment 

Item 27a - Rescue - Unconscious victim 

Item 27b - Rescue - Non-swimmer victim 

Item 27c - Rescue - Injured victim 

Item 27d - Rescue - Submerged victim