First Aid - Day Camp

Do you work in a day camp? Would you like to acquire basic first aid knowledge to be able to respond quickly in emergency situations in this context?

Through this training, you will be able to recognize abnormal signs and symptoms in the children you interact with, and take the necessary emergency actions. Additionally, this training includes a section on the safe supervision of children's groups in aquatic environments—a great advantage for camps that use aquatic facilities.

Over two levels of four hours each, you will learn how to identify injuries, administer basic treatments to stabilize an injury on a child, and use an automated external defibrillator (AED). You will also learn how to perform cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) on a child and an adult, and how to respond appropriately in case of a respiratory emergency or cardiac arrest.

LEVEL 1

Level 1: First Aid for Day Camps (100% Asynchronous)

DURATION: 4 hours

PREREQUISITE: None

COURSE CONTENT

  • Approach to a situation and general first aid principles
  • Victim management
  • Adult and child cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR)
  • Cardiovascular emergencies
  • Respiratory emergencies
  • Minor injuries specific to day camps (such as minor cuts, insect stings, sunburns)
  • Procedures for swimming pool outings
  • Safe supervision of children's groups in aquatic environments (as recommended by the Coroner's Office)

 

Registration for Level 1 is done directly through Formation 3P. For more information: Formation 3P – Day camp or info@formation3p.com 

For day camps wishing to register their leaders: Training schedule

LEVEL 2

Level 2: First Aid / AED (Lifesaving Society Certification) (Practical, 100% In-Person)

DURATION: 4 hours

CERTIFICATION VALIDITY PERIOD: 3 years

PREREQUISITE: First Aid - Day Camp Level 1

COURSE CONTENT

  • Practical activities in-person based on the elements covered in Level 1
  • Anatomy and physiology specific to first aid
  • Assessment of adult and child cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and its complications
  • Theory on the AED and two-rescuer CPR
  • The rescuer and the law
  • Scenarios on the safe supervision of children's groups in aquatic environments

WHO CAN PROVIDE THIS TRAINING?

Any up-to-date First Aid Instructor from the Lifesaving Society can offer Level 2. A guide will be available in the "Dashboard" under the "First Aid" section.

Day camps that are not affiliated with the Lifesaving Society can use the non-affiliation protocol.  For more details, please contact us atalerte@sauvetage.qc.ca