OFA Level 1 Content

Candidates enrolled in OFA level 1 training will receive a significant amount of training within a 8 hour period of time which will be completed with a multiple choice exam. WorkSafe BC is the program course content provider.

The following is the course content of a OFA level 1 course:

  • Learning the roles and responsibilities of a first aid attendant
  • Learning the priority action approach to first aid scenario
  • Safety and scene assessment for the protection of the victim, rescuer and bystanders.
  • Understanding the mechanisms of injury.
  • Surveying the scene and responding to multiple victims.
  • Understanding and knowing the components of the primary survey
  • Knowing when and how to transport a victim via ambulance dispatch
  • Assessing airway, breathing and circulation (ABC’s).
  • Managing conscious and unconscious victims.
  • Moving and rolling victims into a supine roll and 3/4 prone position.
  • Identifying and performing intervention for minor soft tissue injuries such as eye injuries, lacerations, burns and workplace poisonings.
  • Knowledge and skills with examining, cleaning, dressing and bandaging.
  • Understanding appropriate administrative responsibilities with a first aid situation.
  • Knowing when and how to provide follow-up care.
  • Common injuries such as back strains.
  • Recognizing and treating different types of burns such as thermal, chemical and 1st, 2nd and 3rd degree burns.
  • Understanding when and how to remove foreign bodies from a patients.
  • Knowledge and skills with airway obstruction and management.
  • Recognizing and treating partial and severe airway obstructions.
  • Knowledge and use of basic CPR and automated external defibrillators (AED’s).
  • Understanding basic components of Cardiac Arrest.

Recognizing and treating victims of:

  • Shock
  • asthma
  • anaphylactic shock
  • chest pain
  • stroke
  • diabetes
  • seizures
  • fainting

The information posted in this page is the general overview of the content of occupational first aid courses in Canada. OFA level 1 courses in your region may be slightly different than the posted overview.