The novel coronavirus has turned the Canadian healthcare system on its head. As hospitals continue to focus on patients of COVID-19, the emergency healthcare sector faces increased pressure with ambulances often failing to respond to 911 calls. As you may know, all over Canada, workplaces are required by law to train their staff on first-aid
The truth is that nobody is immune to psychological disorders, and everybody struggles with mental and emotional health conditions at some point. Workplace safety courses provided in Vancouver and Burnaby, like the one offered by Metro Safety, can help recognize psychological issues at an early stage. Let’s look at how psychological first aid training can help combat
It is of the utmost importance that our students understand how to visually, and through questions, evaluate a patient with suspected cardiac conditions. In Occupational First Aid level 2 (OFA 2) we learn to recognize signs and symptoms that lead us to performing the proper critical interventions. An angina patient will start to have pain
