Emergency Medical Responder

The Canadian Red Cross EMR (Emergency Medical Responder) course teaches comprehensive first aid and CPR skills for professional responders. Successful participants in this course will become proficient with a comprehensive patient assessment model, and with critical interventions such as cardiopulmonary resuscitation, hemorrhage control. Participants will also learn to identify and care for a wide variety of acute and chronic conditions, as well as package and transport patients to hospital. Participants will be engaged in dynamic learning environment that will be focused primarily on hands-on practice. Students will participate in skills demonstrations, practice sessions, discussions, performing in simulated scenarios based on real-life situations, as well as both written and practical testing.

There are no prerequisites to enroll in this course, however there is a mandatory pre-course assignment that will require apporoximately 20 hours to complete and be very inportant in making the classroom portion of the course as effective as possible.

In order to be successfully certified, participants must successfully perform skills, complete practical scenarios, attend and participate in 100% of the course, and achieve a minimum of 75% on the closed-book written knowledge evaluation.

This is a Canadian Red Cross EMR course. Successful completion will result in certification as a CRC Emergency Medical Responder.

About EMA Licensing:

This certification qualifies to meet the prerequisite to apply to become a Licensed Emergency Medical Responder in British Columbia, however becoming licensed is a separate process which must be completed through the EMALB (Emergency Medical Assistants Licensing Board).  This will require a separate application, an additional online written exam and a separate practical evaluation.  If you wish to become a licensed EMR, this program is designed to prepare and support you through the EMALB Licensing process. You can learn more about the EMA Licensing process here.

About Occupational First Aid (Worksafe BC OFA 3):

Once you have completed the process to become a licensed EMR, you may fill out a simple application and complete a jurisprudence package which explains the rules around First Aid in BC Workplaces and then be awarded a Worksaf BC OFA 3 certication. This will allow you to work as an occupational first aid attendant in remote, high risk workplaces, and is offered free of charge to those who successfully complete our EMR program and become licensed.