Red Cross Emergency Medical Responder
General Information
The Red Cross Emergency Medical Responder (EMR) program provides the knowledge and skills necessary in an emergency to help sustain life, reduce pain, and minimize the consequences of injury or sudden illness in a pre-hospital setting. This program is for those providing emergency response; these may include firefighters, law-enforcement officers, workplace responders, and emergency medical services (EMS) personnel. Includes CPR level BLS
Canadian Red Cross Emergency Medical Responder has been approved by the B.C. Emergency Medical Attendant Licensing Board (EMALB) for EMR licensing. This course includes Basic Life Support level CPR, AED, and Spinal Management.
This course includes all 2023/2024 Schedule 1 & 2 scope expansion requirements, so when you got your license we will send in all your extra credentials to be added onto your License.
Classtime is approx. 80-92 hrs
Course content:
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- The Professional Responder
- Responding to the call
- Preventing Disease Transmission
- Anatomy and Physiology
- Scene Assessment
- Primary Assessment
- Secondary Assessment
- Ongoing assessment
- Airway Management
- Respiratory Emergencies
- Circulatory Emergencies
- CPR-BLS
- Shock
- Major bleeds
- Soft tissue trauma
- Musculoskeletal Injuries
- Chest, Abdominal and Pelvic Injuries
- Head and Spinal Injuries
- Acute and Chronic Illnesses
- Poisoning
- Environmental Illnesses
- Pregnancy, Labour and Delivery
- Special populations and crisis intervention
- Reaching, lifting, extrication and transport
- Multiple casualties
- Pharmacology
Pre-course preparation
Having CPR-BLS, when entering into the Red Cross Emergency Medical Responder Program would really be very helpful, but not necessary to enter into the program.
Once registered a Dropbox link will be provided via email with access to study materials.
Licensing
Learners who have completed the EMR Program and have certified must license with the Emergency Medical Association Licensing Board in order to work as an EMR in BC. Costs for the EMA EMR exam are approximately $450.
Learners have one year after their EMR class completion date to pass their licensing exams. Learners who miss the one year deadline to license and who completed the EMR Program within three years must complete the EMR Renewal course before re-applying for licensure.
Course Certificates/Transcripts
As per the EMA Regulation Section 2(c)(ii), all candidates must successfully complete all of the required licensing examinations within 12 months of completing their training program. If a candidate has not completed their examinations within the required time frame, their examination file will be closed without exception.
To limit the delay in the examination process, EMR certificates may be received directly from the candidate under the following circumstances:
The training institution has an online platform where EMALB can verify the certificate
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- Submit electronically the Application for Licence form to register for exams and choose your preferred practical exam location.
- Submit your certificate by attaching to your application form above or by email to getanexam@gov.bc.ca.
- Obtain a BCeID. Please use only lowercase characters in your BCeID username. (If you already have a BCeID and password you may skip this step).
- Please use your BCeID username and password to create a new account in the online learning system (it may take up to 2 weeks to be granted access).
- Read the BC provincial examination guidelines for PCPs and EMRs.
- Successfully complete both the EMR written and jurisprudence exams online.
- Once your online exams have been successfully completed the branch will schedule your practical examination.
***Materials***
When registered and paid for the course, we will send the student a link for the electronic book, which can be printed if wanted or brought to class on a tablet, those that take the full EMR course will be getting the Red Cross Professional Responder book. When upgrading there will be class books available for use during class hours or the option to buy the book for $75.
This course includes all 2023/2024 Schedule 1 & 2 scope expansion requirements, so when you got your license we will send in all your extra credentials to be added onto your License.