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Can you use higher qualification first aid skills for a lower qualified job?

I work as a contract occupational first aid attendant (took a one day course) and after working two contracts, I went to go become certified as an Emergency Medical Responder (entry level paramedic). The thing is, I cannot become licensed because it's been over a year since I got my certification and I'm wondering, when I go back to contract first aid, would it be okay to use the EMR skills that I learned for a first aid attendant job in which I was only hired for?

Example: I did not learn how to use a hard-collar for the neck during my one-day first aid course, but in the EMR course I did; If I have to manage a spinal injury at work, am I allowed to use the hard-collar?

Public Comments

1. Yes you are but you are not no longer allowed to use an AED and as you know the rules still apply if someone who has a higher entry level than you comes along you must turn the casualty over.