Online course · In development
Prehospital Care in Alberta: What Paramedics Can Do
10 modules and 10 lessons, with an assessment and a certificate of completion.
- For
- Physician learners
- Length
- Approximately two hours
- Format
- 10 modules, 10 lessons
- Level
- Physician
- Includes
- Assessment and certificate
- Access
- Free with a Delta Tutor account when available

Who this course is for
- For Physician learners
Every lesson is scoped to the Physician level: the terminology, the medications and the clinical actions it teaches are the ones those levels use.
What you will be able to do
The outcomes are written with the course.
Curriculum
10 modules and 10 lessons, approximately two hours in all. Open a module to see its lessons.
Lesson times are recorded when each lesson is written and validated with learners.
Who is on the other end of the phone1 lessonReadingLocked
- What this course is, and what it is notReadingLocked
The practitioner levels and the College that regulates them1 lessonReadingLocked
- EMR, PCP, ACP, and where CCP fitsReadingLocked
What each level may be authorized to do1 lessonReadingLocked
- Restricted activities by registerReadingLocked
Protocols, medical direction and level of service1 lessonReadingLocked
- From authorization to practiceReadingLocked
Reading a protocol's scope line1 lessonReadingLocked
- The MFR medication monographs as an exampleReadingLocked
Online medical consultation and clear orders1 lessonReadingLocked
- Taking the call, and giving an order that comes back rightReadingLocked
What a handover contains1 lessonReadingLocked
- Transfer of care, spoken and writtenReadingLocked
The limits of the prehospital setting1 lessonReadingLocked
- Where the setting runs outReadingLocked
Applied calls1 lessonReadingLocked
- Three callsReadingLocked
Summative assessment1 lessonFinal assessmentLocked
- Summative assessmentFinal assessmentLocked
Instructor

Jarrett
Advanced Care Paramedic · CRC Instructor Trainer · Owner
Jarrett is an Advanced Care Paramedic and a Canadian Red Cross Instructor Trainer, and teaches Delta's classroom courses in Calgary and Leduc. This course is written from that classroom and from the road.
A named clinician reviews and approves every course before publication. For this course, that is Jarrett.
Assessment
The course ends with a final assessment. You see your score by topic and read an explanation for every answer, and you can retake it. Passing it completes the course.
Certificate and continuing education
- The course on your certificate
- Prehospital Care in Alberta: What Paramedics Can Do
- What the certificate confirms
- That you completed this online Delta Tutor course and passed its assessment. It is not a Canadian Red Cross certificate.
- How it is verified
- Every certificate carries a unique verification number that anyone can check on our verify page.
Questions
- When does it open?
- After the lessons are written and a clinician has approved them. The status at the top of this page is the true one.
- How do I get it?
- Free with a Delta Tutor account when available.
- Do I need an account?
- To take a course, yes, so your progress and certificate stay with you. The free tools and practice tests do not need one.
