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Canpro Training Resources to deliver training for 3,000 paramedics
November, 2006
Late this month, the British Columbia Ambulance Service awarded a significant contract to Canpro Training Resources to deliver a customized human safety program to 3,000 paramedics, supervisors and dispatchers across British Columbia. Delivery of the training will begin in late February, 2007 and be completed by early fall of 2007.
The training consists of a customized one-day, face-to-face workshop entitled Promoting Respect in the Workplace and Preventing and Managing Violence. This highly interactive learning experience takes BC Ambulance paramedics and dispatchers through a progression of theory/knowledge and practical physical skills that includes:
- Workplace behaviours
- Violence in the workplace
- WorkSafeBC (formerly WCB) related regulations
- BCAS related policies and procedures
- Situational awareness
- Verbal and physical distraction techniques for managing and escaping from threatening/violent incidents and attacks, and includes situational awareness
The purpose of this six instructional hour, intensive workshop is to provide a blend of knowledge and competencies that will enhance personal safety in the workplace, both for all personnel and the public at large.
In 2005, using a series of focus groups, case reviews and staff surveys, Canpro Training Resources worked closely with BC Ambulance Service to develop the Promoting Respect in the Workplace and Preventing and Managing Violence workshop. After a series of pilot tests of the workshop, Canpro delivered the workshop to 600 BC Ambulance personnel in the Greater Vancouver area in early 2006.
