Here is some news hot off the press from WSIB on this Friday Evening, October 24, 2020!
The LifeSaving Society has just announced it will now accept Perri-Med certificates as a first aid certification for the purposes of becoming a Lifeguard in the province of Ontario. Click the link here to see the approved list of accepted first aid organizations.
First Aid Prereq after July 1, 2020 Click here for a copy of the current Lifeliner describing these changes. Emergency First Aid (EFA) or Standard First Aid (SFA) are prerequisite certifications to several Lifesaving Society courses including Bronze Cross and National Lifeguard. Historically, only EFA or SFA awards issued by the national agencies (Lifesaving Society, St. John Ambulance, Canadian Red Cross or Canadian Ski Patrol) were eligible as prerequisites. This changes for exams held after July 1, 2020. In light of the significant growth in the number of first aid providers and recent changes in government regulations, the Lifesaving Society is broadening access to its lifesaving and lifeguard courses by accepting, for prerequisite purposes, EFA and SFA certifications provided by training agencies approved by the Ontario Ministry of Labour or the Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care. The Society will post on its website the list of approved agency EFA and SFA certifications that may be used as prerequisites to the Society’s awards. The Society will update its list periodically to align with changes made by the Ontario government. We hope that this change means easier access to Lifesaving Society certification courses for more candidates, and that this change makes things a little easier for the Society’s affiliates. While this fascinating drone is still in the prototype stage we find the implications of this device to be far reaching and astounding. With traffic, winding roads and various unknowns it is true that ground crews, as great as their efforts and abilities are, have to work within structural and existing limits. This drone would have the capability of cutting the exact and fastest route, still offering human contact and expert advise. Obviously it would also come with its own complications such as human reliability and presence of mind, maintenance and technical, possibly even security, issues, but the potential to save life is amazing. It is definitely something we hope to see come to fruition. Great ingenuity guys! Standard First Aidwith CPR Level CStandard First Aid with AED Awareness and CPR C
12 Hour Course Monday,March 9, 2020 9 am to 3 pm Monday, March 16, 2020 9 am to 3 pm First Aid certification Valid 3 yrs CPR C valid 1 year Location: Niagara Falls, ON (given upon registration) Fee: $125 per person, all inclusive * HUGE FAMILY FUN EVENT ** All Welcome to attend!
April 4, 2020 9 am to 2 pm Semi annual Expo. First 100 moms get an AMAZING goodie bag/treats. LOTS of wonderful vendors selling/promoting their family friendly products or services as well as moms selling new or gently used baby, children's or maternity items. MORE THAN 100 tables! Stroller friendly :) Wide aisles. PAW PATROL will be in attendance several times throughout the day! Face Painting, Balloons,Inflatables, Silent Auction, Fundraising Bake Sale, Free Draws, Children's Characters, Nursing Moms Area, Family Activities, Photo Opportunities, Refreshments & Beverages, Fire truck visit too. SOO many awesome things going on this day. $3.00 admission Something for the whole family!!! If you are looking for a successful Event; this is the one to be at. THOUSANDS ATTEND! This event is advertised all over the Niagara, Hamilton, Halton, Burlington, Brampton, Toronto, areas and beyond! As we have a table booked we are looking forward to seeing you there! December has been such an amazing month and a wonderful way to end off the year. We always attempt to create a relaxed and fun environment and I have to say that was really true with a couple of our courses this year and why I just had to share this adorable picture with everyone. This just made our day to walk in and see Ivan chilling with the cpr baby. When we say we use life-like equipment, we do. Better than real life we guess as they dont make a sound and he forgot it was there. These little buddies spent some genuine quality time together that afternoon! We need to give a shout out to the Niagara College Pharmaceutical Technician Program students. These ladies and gentlemen were intelligent, caught on quickly and really pushed themselves. Even with fused wrists & screws, asthma, and other issues they put in so much effort and showed that whoever you are, regardless of your limitations, with a willing drive everyone can do something to help a person in need if assistance. Thank you so much for letting us take and post this picture. We hope it makes you smile as much as it does us. Congratualtions guys and we hope you find success as you move on to the next phase of your program and in your future endeavours! Rapid Response is very excited to have become part of the Stop The Bleed!® Program in 2019. With certification as an Instructor, Jesse has already conducted a very successful course in the program and looks forward to opening up the realm of teaching in the Niagara and Metropolitan areas.
This course deals with trauma and mass bleeding and the important actions to take to save lives. It is vital and beneficial training to all who take it and truly makes the difference between life and death. We will be updating out Stop The Bleed!® with course and certification information as soon as we receive it, in the meantime please feel free to contact us if you require any information or wish to set up a course. Regardless of where we live in any Province of Canada, or Country for that matter, we should all be concerned with making sure both we and our families are prepared for various emergency situations.
The fact is that natural and human disasters are on the rise. Despite the scientific advancements made to predict such events, more people continue to be affected, especially by natural disasters. WHO International reports: "Every year natural disasters kill around 90 000 people and affect close to 160 million people worldwide. Natural disasters include earthquakes, tsunamis, volcanic eruptions, landslides, hurricanes, floods, wildfires, heat waves and droughts" (read more @https://www.who.int/environmental_health_emergencies/natural_events/en/) That can be a pretty scary statistic but we can reduce risk by being prepared and, despite what many believe, there is much we can do to prepare ourselves. One very important thing we can do is to attempt to understand our geological location and the common risk factors and areas. In Canada, a great site to find this information is https://www.publicsafety.gc.ca/cnt/mrgnc-mngmnt/ntrl-hzrds/index-en.aspx . Having an Emergency Go Bag is also a great item which can provide relative peace of mind. It can be difficult to know what to pack at what quantity though. Recently KenoreOnline.com released an excellent article which can provide many suggestions and confidence to those just starting out. You can peruse this article by clicking the link below. https://kenoraonline.com/local/make-sure-you-re-prepared-for-anything Of course, we will always recommend having a knowledge of First Aid. That knowledge will help you to stay calm in a variety of situations and feel confident in your ability to help not only yourself but those around you. That in itself is a priceless commodity in times of emergencies. So I have to share something with you all that recently happened in our family that was scary, worrisome and interesting all tied together, though my 16 year old daughter may not exactly agree. It all started rather calmly. I received a text from my daughter while she was at school. The conversation went like this: Daughter: I'm having an allergic reaction Mom: To what? Is it severe, do u need to come home? Daughter: IDK I broke out in a rash. I feel fine tho Mom: Where? From what? I only know ur allergic to dish soap 30minutes later..... Daughter: Home please now. I'm in the bathroom rn and it's on my face now and chest and neck Mom: Ok will b there As it was close to the end of the day I called the school and asked my son also be released with his sister. When he read my "Emergency go to office now, [stepdad] coming , u r signed out" text, he proceeded to the office where he began to question his sister with "Do you know why Mom wants us.....what happened to your face!?" On her way out the door a friends stopped her saying "What happened to you...are you dying?!" Wonderful things a shy 16 year old loves to hear but I was about to find out why. It takes 12 minutes to drive to and from our house and the school. My husband made it back in record time, walked in the door and said, in his best First Aid Instructor voice, "She needs to go to the hospital now." Of course this is a job for mom and I was already dressed with (as any Mom knows) my hospital essentials purse packed, including ID, snacks, water, tablet with games and phone with a camera. and walked right out the door. I was shocked!!! Her entire face was a big red welt. All but her cheeks and nose. It was like a red rash mask. As we sat waiting in triage, we watched as her rash made its way down her arms, then down her stomach and to the top of her legs. Thankfully her throat, speech and breathing were not affected but within 2 hours it was spreading at an alarming rate. Once the Nurses and then Doctors had established no known reason for the reaction, (no new foods, environment or exposure) they hooked her up to an IV, a new and not so welcome experience for my daughter, and pumped her full of Benadryl, Prednisone and Zantac. Three hours later, after Italian homework, many games my daughter beat me at and one captured picture of her hooked up to the IV (making memories honey, making memories) there wasn't a spot on her. This is where it gets interesting. Two hours later, once we were home and the husband was gone to work of course, the rash started to return. Of course I had not picked up the Benadryl yet as there wasn't time and we were not expecting a return so soon so she took a generic allergy pill hoping that would be enough. It was not. Her Dad was able to bring Benadryl over once he was off work which she took at 1:40 am. Interestingly enough this rash was covering the areas that it had not covered previously. Her nose, cheeks, inner arms, though it was spreading to the previous areas as well. An hour later the areas seemed to be fading so we allowed her to rest and checked on her in another hour. Now we can teach the basics about allergies and we can prepare individuals about anaphylactic shock and these are great skills to have when your child has severe allergies but what do you do when it springs up out of no where with no known cause and Doctors have no answers because they simply can't know? I'll tell you what you do, you Google, good or bad you won't be able to help yourself. Now there is some information you should just avoid but there are also many good medical sites with information that can calm you if your someone, like me, who just needs a reasonable explanation. (If you are a worrier...do not Google! You will not be comforted but will most likely go dire. Don't do it! ) So I Googled. That is when I found out about the rebound effect. Now for those who have children with severe allergies requiring the use of epinephrine this is probably not a new concept. As First Aiders they would know that 15% of children with severe allergies experience the rebound effect (livescience.com), rare as it is it is why it is so important not to delay in administering epinephrine. What surprised me though was that this could occur with nonanaphylactic reactions. Rare as it is with anaphylactic it is even more rare with non. As I sat mulling this over, thinking "of course watch my daughter have this because why not, after all we already spend so much time in the hospital we spent our anniversary there last year and the nurses sang to us (true story)", it was time to check on her again. I have to tell you I think my heart stopped. As I shone my light on her, all I saw first was her back. It was covered. Then, as I touched her shoulder to tell her we needed to go back to the hospital as the Doctor instructed if it got that bad again, she turned to look at me. I think my eyes bugged out. Her face was completely red minus the two white circles of her eyes. I said "Let's go." As she groggily went to the bathroom, I went downstairs and threw on my jacket and shoes, grabbed my hospital purse and waited ,and waited,and waited. Now my daughter doesn't show her girly side very often, she's quite a sporty girl, shy but sporty, but I tell you here shone the difference between mom and daughter. She changed, did her hair, brushed her teeth, I just had to laugh at the comparison, personally I think she was stalling out of fear of another IV. Needless to say we were admitted again and she was spared the needle as they gave her pills which meant despite it being 4:30 in the morning she was all smiles. We sat and chatted. Watched her arms go red then white, then her hands, then her fingers. At 7:30 am we were released with 2 prescriptions and the warning this could continue for another 5 days. True to the Doctors word, it continued but only for 4 days, phew right cause 5 days is just to much. Friends and family were fascinated to see her face go red then white, see spots appear then disappear with in the hour and we were intrigued by the fact that it literally covered every inch of her body in that time frame. Yet we still have no clue why. She goes to see an Immunologist in May, maybe they will find something, maybe they won't but it goes to show you that regardless of what you see in life, what you experience, however many kids you have, you can think you have seen it all but the truth is you probably haven't. You can try to prepare as best you can but life has a way of still surprising you. I told my daughter there were easier ways to spend time alone with me but even though she was ill, it was nice to see her strength of character, the way she handled herself and I really did love the time alone with her...though maybe next time it could be at a spa? Whatever life throws at you take the time to be in the moment, think positive and make memories whenever you can What a fun group of students we taught recently. A lot of laughs, a lot of stories and a whole slew of new uses for milk. Who knew!!! Thanks guys. Great experience. We are sure you will all go far in your future career choices. Watch each others butts lol.
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