Airway Management certification provides senior and experienced lifeguards with specific knowledge and training in the use of oxygen, suction devices, oral airways and bag-valve-masks.
Prerequisite: Lifesaving Society Intermediate First Aid or a previous Standard First Aid from the Society or another approved training agency.
Instruction & certification: Current First Aid Instructors who hold Lifesaving Society Airway Management teach Airway Management. Current First Aid Examiners who hold Lifesaving Society Airway Management certify candidates.
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Candidate recognition: Certification card.
Required reference material: Canadian First Aid Manual (Note that some affiliates provide materials to candidates, and some require candidates to purchase materials on their own. Double check before you purchase.)
AT-A-GLANCE
- Demonstrate an understanding of the:
• principles of respiration and circulation
• importance and application of universal precautions and use of barrier devices
• purpose and use of oropharyngeal airways
• principles and practical application of oxygen supplementation
• purpose and use of manual suction
- Demonstrate the proper use and application of at least one barrier device during the delivery of artificial respiration.
- On a manikin, demonstrate the proper sizing, insertion, and follow-up for the use of an oropharyngeal airway.
- Demonstrate understanding of the components and proper usage, including safety factors, of nasal cannula, face mask, non-breathing mask, pocket mask, and bag-valve-mask delivery systems.
- Demonstrate the application of an oxygen delivery system to a person in need of supplemental oxygen.
- Demonstrate the proper use and application of a manual suction device in the treatment of a person who is vomiting or who has fluid in the upper airway.
- Demonstrate use of a bag-valve-mask (BVM).