Medical Terminology
The Medical Terminology course provides an introduction to the professional language used by those who are directly and indirectly involved with the art of healing. The course will also introduce those not currently involved in the health care environment with an introduction to the language of medicine. In addition, the program will provide participants with the basics of human anatomy and physiology.
Duration
This online course is self-paced. Participants may leave the course at anytime and can resume where they left off. The duration will depend on the individual participant and their prior knowledge of the subject matter. On average, the course will take between 12 – 24 hours to complete.
Course Content
- Introduction to Medical Terminology
- Body Structures
- Word Parts
- Integumentary System
- The Breast
- Musculoskeletal System
- Nervous System
- The Sensory System
- Cardiovascular System
- Lymphatic and Immune System
- Respiratory System
- Digestive System
- The Endocrine System
- Reproductive System
- Urinary System
Evaluation Process:
At the end of each module, there is a test. Participants that do not achieve 70% can review the module content and try as many times as necessary to complete the course. Test questions are randomly selected from a test bank, making each test unique.
How to register?
Please select how many you would like to purchase and pay for the course by adding to your cart. Once payment is received you will receive an email within 24hrs from the Red Cross with your login code(s). Please makes sure we receive email addresses for everyone enrolled into the program with first and last name. This will ensure everyone is getting login codes.
When successfully completed you will receive an electronic certificate of completion.
Lockout / Tagout
The term “Lockout/Tagout” refers to specific practices and procedures to safeguard workers from the unexpected energizing or start-up of machinery and equipment, or the release of hazardous energy during service or maintenance activities. Lockout/Tagout explains the importance of Lockout/Tagout in protecting the health and safety of workers. The course examines basic workplace safety tenets and examines the specific stages and procedures of the Lockout/Tagout process. The basic tenets of safety are explained as are the specific stages and procedures of the Lockout-Tagout process.
Duration
This online course is self-paced. Participants may leave the course at anytime and can resume where they left off. The duration will depend on the individual participant and their prior knowledge of the subject matter. On average, the course will take between 1.5 – 3 hours to complete.
Learning Objectives:
Ultimately, the goal of this course is to educate participants as to what a lockout device is and when Lockout-Tagout should be used in the work place. The course examines basic workplace safety tenets and examines the specific stages and procedures of the Lockout-Tagout process.
This course is presented in 4 modules:
- Introduction
- Injury Prevention
- Equipment Shutdown and Isolation
- The Procedure of Lockout – Tagout
Evaluation Process:
At the end of each module, there is a test. Participants that do not achieve 100% can review the module content and try as many times as necessary to complete the course. Test questions are randomly selected from a test bank, making each test unique.
How to register?
Please select how many you would like to purchase and pay for the course by adding to your cart. Once payment is received you will receive an email within 24hrs from the Red Cross with your login code(s). Please makes sure we receive email addresses for everyone enrolled into the program with first and last name. This will ensure everyone is getting login codes.
When successfully completed you will receive an electronic certificate of completion.
Fire Safety
No one expects a fire, emergency or other disaster to occur in their workplace. It is important to remember that these misfortunes can strike anyone, anytime, and in any workplace. Fires in the workplace cause extensive injury and property loss. If a fire started in your home or workplace would you know what to do?
Fire Safety teaches participants about the legislated fire safety responsibilities of the employer and the worker, describes safe work practices related to fire prevention, and provides practical information about emergency response in situations involving fire.
Course Duration:
This online course is self-paced. Participants may leave the course at anytime and can resume where they left off. The duration will depend on the individual participant and their prior knowledge of the subject matter. On average, the timeline for completion will be 1 – 2 hours.
Course Objectives:
Upon completion of the course, participants should be able to:
- Explain how the issue of fire safety is addressed by occupational health and safety (OHS) legislation in Canada and identify the fire safety responsibilities of employers and those of workers
- Describe safe work practices that can reduce the risk of fire
- Know what to do in the event of a fire
- Recognize fire-related situations in which the use of a fire extinguisher is appropriate and situations in which it is best to evacuate rather than try to put out the fire
- Identify the types of extinguishers, and the classes of fire that can be put out using each type of extinguisher
- Know how to use a fire extinguisher
- Understand the maintenance and servicing requirements related to fire extinguishers
Evaluation Process:
Fire Safety is a 4-module course. At the end of each module, there is a test. Participants must successfully complete the test before continuing to the next module. Participants that do not achieve 100% can review the module content and try as many times as necessary to advance and complete the course. Test questions are randomly selected from a test bank, making each test unique. Upon successfully completing all modules, there is a printable certificate for your records.
How to register?
Please select how many you would like to purchase and pay for the course by adding to your cart. Once payment is received you will receive an email within 24hrs from the Red Cross with your login code(s). Please makes sure we receive email addresses for everyone enrolled into the program with first and last name. This will ensure everyone is getting login codes.
When successfully completed you will receive an electronic certificate of completion.
Bloodborne Pathogens
This program is designed for individuals who may be exposed to blood and body fluids or items contaminated with blood during the performance of their work. This program will give anyone a basic understanding of blood-borne pathogens.
Duration:
This online course is self-paced. Participants may leave the course at anytime and can resume where they left off. The duration will depend on the individual participant and their prior knowledge of the subject matter. On average, the course will take between 3 – 4 hours to complete..
Course Objectives:
The purpose of this course is to provide participants with the basic ability to recognize the hazards associated with occupational exposure to blood and body fluids; be familiar with the steps to prevent exposure to bloodborne pathogens; and to know the steps that should be taken following exposure to blood and body fluids.
The course is presented in 4 modules:
- Introduction to Bloodborne Pathogens
- Bloodborne Pathogen Regulations
- Workplace Programs and Personal Protection
- Bloodborne Pathogen Exposure Follow-up
How to register?
Please select how many you would like to purchase and pay for the course by adding to your cart. Once payment is received you will receive an email within 24hrs from the Red Cross with your login code(s). Please makes sure we receive email addresses for everyone enrolled into the program with first and last name. This will ensure everyone is getting login codes.
When successfully completed you will receive an electronic certificate of completion.
Red Cross First Aid for Opioid Poisoning (online)
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Online information on how to deal with Opioid overdoses and how to use the Naloxone (Narcan) kit.
This is new program from the Red Cross.
In the First Aid for Opioid Poisoning online course, you will become knowledgeable and confident in how to respond to an opioid poisoning emergency, including how to administer intranasal and intramuscular naloxone.
What will you learn?
- You will learn to recognize the signs and symptoms of opioid poisoning.
- What naloxone is and how naloxone works to reverse an opioid poisoning.
- Understand how opioids and naloxone affect the body.
- Explore ways to reduce the influence of stigma around opioid poisoning.
- Learn how to respond confidently to an opioid poisoning emergency.
- How to administer intranasal and intramuscular naloxone.
Who should take the First Aid for Opioid Poisoning course?
Anyone 16 years of age and older. This course has no prerequisites.
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Canadian Red Cross Online-Based Learning
- Self-directed: Learn at your own pace by working through the training materials online.
- Duration: Approximately 1 hour online.
- Knowledge check on each module: You will need to pass the test at the end of each module with a score of at least 70%. You will be able to review the module content and try as many times as necessary to complete the course.
Advance your career with a certification
- Successfully completing the course will earn you a Red Cross certificate of completion of First Aid for Opioid Poisoning.
For any questions or like to book a workshop for your company, please contact us.
Please visit Canadian Red Cross for the latest developments.
Fall protection
Fall protection hierarchy
The fall protection hierarchy must be used when choosing methods to eliminate or control fall hazards. The steps are listed in the order in which they should be considered.
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Guardrails
Where fall hazards cannot be eliminated, permanent or temporary guardrails or handrails form a protective barrier around an opening or edge to prevent a fall to a lower level.
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Fall restraint
After eliminating fall hazards and installing guardrails, a fall restraint system is the next level in the fall protection hierarchy.
Fall restraint systems prevent you from falling through either travel restriction or work positioning. With travel restriction, workers are attached to a fixed-length line that prevents them from travelling to close to an opening or edge.
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Fall arrest
When it’s not possible or practical to use a fall restraint system, the next line of protection is fall arrest.
A fall arrest system (including a lanyard or lifeline, a harness, and, most importantly, an anchor) protects you after a fall by stopping you from hitting the surface below
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Work procedures
If guardrails, fall restraint, or fall arrest are not practicable, or will result in greater risk of injury, contact the Prevention Information Line to discuss alternative safe work procedures that are acceptable to WorkSafeBC.
Red Cross Basic Life Support (formerly called CPR-HCP)
Red Cross Basic Life Support (formerly called CPR-HCP)
Duration
- Stand-alone course – 4 hours
- With Airway Management – 5 hours
- With Oxygen Therapy – 5 hours
- With Airway Management and Oxygen Therapy – 6 hours
Designed to build participant confidence in performing cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) skills and provide the important steps to perform a rapid assessment, perform Basic Life Support (BLS) skills, and perform rapid defibrillation. Airway Management and Oxygen Therapy can also be added as additional certifications to this course.
Audience
In-facility care providers, including nursing staff, care aides, medical and dental professionals. Pre-hospital care providers, which may include professionals in a fire service, rescue team, sports-medicine, lifeguards and ski patrol.
Prerequisites
None
Airway Management
Scheduling
Afternoon/Evening program (if offered) – please look at the times below
Day Program (if offered) – please look at the times below
For Oxygen and Airway Management its up to 1 hr extra per module.
***Basic Life Support (formerly called CPR-HCP) is a 1 year certification, recertifying your BLS course is 2 hrs for the basic course.***
This course can be combined with most standard Red Cross courses, like Standard First Aid or Emergency first aid. To book your class, please visit our course listing: https://be-prepared.ca/courses-abbotsford-richmond/
***WHEN SCHEDULING YOUR RECERTIFICATION, PLEASE BRING PROOF OF CURRENT CERTIFICATE, IF TICKET HAS EXPIRED (EVEN FOR A DAY), PLEASE SCHEDULE FOR FULL COURSE!! – THESE ARE RED CROSS STANDARDS***
For more information, please visit the Red Cross link below:
Incident Investigations (JHSC)
Incidents requiring an investigation
Employers are responsible for immediately conducting an investigation into any incident that involves:
Serious injury to a worker or a worker’s death.
Injury requiring medical treatment.
Minor injury, or no injury, but had the potential for causing serious injury.
Major structural failure or collapse.
Major release of hazardous substances.
Diving incident, as defined by the Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) Regulation.
Dangerous incident involving explosive materials.
Blasting incident causing personal injury.
Section 173 of the Workers Compensation Act provides more details about what incidents employers must investigate.
Investigation stages
Conducting an investigation into an incident that occurred in your workplace includes four stages. Those conducting the investigation must be knowledgeable about the type of work involved at the time of the incident. An employer and a worker representative must participate, if or as they are available.
The four stages of an investigation are:
1. Preliminary investigation
A preliminary investigation is an opportunity for employers to identify any unsafe conditions, acts, or procedures that must be addressed. This will lead to the point where work can resume safely at least until a full investigation has been completed. Employers must complete a preliminary investigation and accompanying report within 48 hours of an incident.
2. Interim corrective actions
During the period between the incident and the conclusion of the full investigation, an employer is responsible for taking all actions reasonably necessary to prevent the incident from happening again.
If you can identify only some of the unsafe conditions, acts, or procedures that significantly contributed to the incident? The employer will have to take interim corrective actions. This may include a full or partial shutdown of the worksite.
Other action may be removal of equipment, or reassignment of workers to other duties.
3. Full investigation
A full investigation is about determining an incident’s cause or causes. This involves carefully analyzing the facts and circumstances. That will identify the underlying factors that led to the incident. Key questions to ask include:
- What factors made the unsafe conditions, act, or procedures possible?
- Are there any health and safety deficiencies in my management system or processes?
A full investigation and report must be completed within 30 days of the incident.
4. Final corrective actions
Once a full investigation has been completed, as an employer you must prepare a corrective action report. This will describe the unsafe conditions that led to the incident. Also what corrective action is necessary. But more important what steps you and your organization will take to implement those actions.
Incident investigations for Joint Health and Safety Committee will be a necessary and great course to offer to the committee members.
If you would like more information about scheduling this course for your company, please fill out our contact form.
Confined Space Entry Training
If you work in or around confined spaces, this in class training course is necessary. This course explains how to work in confined spaces and enclosed environments to maximize safety and those around you.
Workers who commonly need confined space entry safety training include firefighters, construction workers, maintenance technicians, building engineers, lab technicians, welders, pipeline workers, HVAC technicians, emergency response personnel, those working in general industry safety roles, and more.
The Confined Space Entry Training course is based on the OSHA 29 CFR 1910.146 permit-required confined space standards for General Industry.
Key features of our Confined Space Entry Training course:
- Based on the OSHA 29 CFR 1910.146 permit-required confined space standard
- Written by industry expert trainers
- Customized activities
- Get scenario-specific training
- 8-hour course
- Interactive course
Objectives of this course are for the student to:
- Understand the scope & application of OSHA’s various confined space entry standards
- Identify “Confined Spaces”, then determine if they are “Permit Required”
- Understand OSHA requirements for developing and maintaining a “Permit-required confined space entry program”
- Know responsibilities of entrants, attendants, entry supervisors, contractors
- Identify when you may utilize OSHA’s “Alternate Entry” and “Reclassification” procedures
- Understand the requirements for “Rescue & Emergency Services”
- Have a basic knowledge of the general use and limitations of related equipment
This course is given in class and will take up to 8 hours to complete with hands-on training.
Upon successful completion a certificate of completion will be provided.
Joint Health & Safety Committee (Occupational Health and Safety)
Joint Health & Safety Committee (Occupational Health and Safety) need to perform an annual evaluation. Use the link below to help you ensure your joint committee has met its legal obligations, and to evaluate its overall effectiveness.
Joint Health and Safety Committee Evaluation Tool
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JH&S Committee and Workers Reps Training
The Workers Compensation Act requires employers to establish a Joint Health and Safety Committee, that regularly employs 20 or more (full or part-time) employees.
Many workplaces find that joint worker/employer safety and health committees are an excellent means of consultation within the organisation. These committees can help identify workplace health and safety responsibilities. They can establish positive attitudes, and assist the employer in reducing and or eliminating workplace injuries or diseases.
What joint committees and worker health and safety representatives do
The joint committee plays an important role in your occupational health and safety program, giving workers and employers a way to work together to identify and find solutions to workplace health and safety issues. The joint committee has the following specific duties and functions:
- Identify situations that may be unhealthy or unsafe for workers, and advise on effective systems for responding to those situations
- Consider, and promptly deal with complaints relating to the health and safety of workers
- Consult with workers and the employer on issues related to occupational health and safety, and the occupational environment
- Make recommendations to the employer and the workers for the improvement of the occupational health and safety, and the occupational environment of workers
- Make recommendations to the employer on educational programs promoting the health and safety of workers. Compliance with Part 3 of the Workers Compensation Act and the regulations, and to monitor their effectiveness
- Advise the employer on programs and policies required under the regulations for the workplace, and to monitor their effectiveness
- Advise the employer on proposed changes to the workplace. This is including significant proposed changes to equipment and machinery, or the work processes that may affect the health or safety of workers
- Ensure that accident investigations and regular inspections are carried out as required
- Participate in inspections, investigations and inquiries as provided in Part 3 of the Workers Compensation Act and Section 3 of the Regulation
In workplaces where a worker health and safety representative is required, the representative has the same duties and functions as a joint committee, to the extent practicable.
This program is typically scheduled for 8 hrs.