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Cold Stress
This digital course offers comprehensive instruction for individuals who spend extensive time in chilly work conditions.
The Cold Stress course has been crafted to equip learners with knowledge of how the human body reacts to cold environments, identify prevalent forms of cold stress, ascertain ways to avert cold stress, and demonstrate how to provide initial treatment for workers affected by cold stress until professional medical help arrives.
Upon completion of this Cold Stress course, learners will have the ability to:
- Determine cold working conditions
- Identify typical signs and symptoms of cold stress
- Implement measures to prevent cold stress
- Discuss how to manage cold stress during emergencies
- Cold Working Environments
- What Causes Cold Stress?
- Who’s at Risk?
- How the Body Loses Heat
- Winter Weather Alerts
- Windchill
- Signs and Symptoms of Cold Stress
- Common Cold-Induced Injuries
- Hypothermia
- Frostbite
- Chilblains
- Trench Foot
- Preventing Cold Stress
- Dress Warmly/Wear Layers
- Employer Responsibilities
- Employee Responsibilities
- Responding to Cold Stress Emergencies
- Report Ailment
- Contact Emergency Personnel
- First Aid Measures
Roughly 30 minutes
In order to reinforce the information delivered, testing is carried out in this online Cold Stress course. A score of 80% is required for a certificate of completion. If the pass mark is not achieved, users have the option to retake the course twice.
A certificate of completion will be made available for download and printing upon successful completion of this online course.
Course Details
Course Length
This course will take roughly 30 minutes
Passing Mark
To pass this training course, you need to score 80% or higher on the quiz
Certificate
Upon the successful completion of this course a certificate with your name will be stored on your profile and available to print
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