Aviation Occupational Health and Safety Regulations (SOR/2011-87)

Subjects To Be Included in the Courses

• 1 Basic first aid:

  • (a) the provision of basic first aid and the first aid attendant’s role and obligations in relation to basic first aid;

  • (b) emergency scene management;

  • (c) cardiopulmonary resuscitation (Level A: 1 rescuer, adult casualty);

  • (d) medical emergencies;

  • (e) shock, unconsciousness and fainting;

  • (f) anti-contamination procedures; and

  • (g) wounds and bleeding.

• 2 Standard first aid:

  • (a) the provision of standard first aid and the first aid attendant’s role and obligations in relation to standard first aid;

  • (b) emergency scene management;

  • (c) cardiopulmonary resuscitation (Level A: 1 rescuer, adult casualty);

  • (d) medical emergencies;

  • (e) shock, unconsciousness and fainting;

  • (f) anti-contamination procedures;

  • (g) wounds and bleeding;

  • (h) fractures and their immobilization;

  • (i) chest injuries;

  • (j) head and spinal injuries;

  • (k) muscle, ligament and joint injuries;

  • (l) burns;

  • (m) eye injuries;

  • (n) pelvic, genital and abdominal injuries;

  • (o) movement and transportation of casualty;

  • (p) environmental illnesses and injuries;

  • (q) toxicological emergencies; and

  • (r) evacuation and transportation of casualties.

• 3 First aid for flight attendants:

  • (a) compulsory lessons:

    • (i) principles of rendering first aid and in-flight medical emergency scene management (including universal precautions),

    • (ii) shock, unconsciousness and fainting,

    • (iii) artificial respiration – adult,

    • (iv) artificial respiration – child and infant,

    • (v) choking – adult, child and infant,

    • (vi) cardiovascular emergencies,

    • (vii) wounds and bleeding,

    • (viii) fractures, dislocations and sprains,

    • (ix) head and spinal injuries,

    • (x) burns,

    • (xi) asthma, allergies and poisons,

    • (xii) other medical conditions,

    • (xiii) altitude-related conditions, and

    • (xiv) eye injuries; and

  • (b) elective lessons:

    • (i) emergency childbirth and miscarriage,

    • (ii) frostbite and hypothermia,

    • (iii) heat illnesses,

    • (iv) cardiopulmonary resuscitation – adult, child and infant, and

    • (v) toothache.

• 4 to 12 [Repealed, SOR/2012-271, s. 14]