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Resource library

Every official WSBC first aid form, worksheet, template and guide, including several not on WSBC’s first aid page, sorted by topic and linked to the tool that helps you use it.

Checked against WSBC on September 25, 2026 · Read the WSBC source page ↗

Online toolWSBC essential

First aid assessment (interactive online tool)

WSBC's interactive online tool to conduct and document the written first aid assessment for each workplace.

Jul 2024 · For employers (with joint committee / workers)

WorksheetWSBC essential

First Aid Assessment Worksheet (printable PDF)

Fillable 4-page worksheet to document minimum and additional first aid for a workplace, including who was consulted and the review date.

Jul 2024 · For employers

TemplateWSBC essential

First aid procedures: Template for small, class 1 workplaces

Editable Word template for documenting written first aid procedures; complete the written assessment first.

Jun 2026 · For employers of class 1 workplaces with fewer than 20 workers per typical shift

BookletWSBC essential

Jurisprudence Package: Obtaining First Aid Certification in British Columbia

Information and exercises (general duties, regulatory requirements, first aid programs and record keeping) that EMA licensees and out-of-province certificate holders complete to act as B.C. first aid attendants.

Jul 2025 · For b.C. EMA licence holders and holders of out-of-province first aid certification; their employers

FormForm 55B23

First aid record (Form 55B23)

Form for the record that must be completed each time a worker has a work-related injury, exposure or illness (any format capturing the OHS Guidelines information is acceptable).

Oct 2024 · For first aid attendants / employers

FormForm 55M60

Occupational First Aid Patient Assessment (Form 55M60)

One-page patient assessment chart (times, AVPU, Glasgow Coma Scale, vitals, findings) for documenting an attendant's assessment.

Jul 2018 · For first aid attendants

Guide

Workplace hazard ratings

Lookup list of the hazard rating assigned to each classification unit, used in the first aid assessment; the CU description sent annually governs if there's a discrepancy.

Jul 2024 (data current as of Jun 15, 2024) · For employers

Booklet

Workplace first aid: Home care handouts

Home care handouts for minor injuries not referred to medical aid: small wounds/cuts, sprains, tendinitis, flash burns and snow blindness, minor burns, minor back strains.

Dec 2024 · For first aid attendants (to give to injured workers)

Booklet

Advanced First Aid: A Reference and Training Manual

WSBC's reference manual accompanying the Advanced First Aid and Transportation Endorsement training programs.

Oct 2024 · For advanced first aid and transportation endorsement trainees/instructors

Guide

First Aid Program Standards: Administration Requirements for Training and Certification

Requirements for organizations to be recognized by WSBC to deliver first aid training, run examinations and issue certificates.

Nov 2024 (document rev. R10/24) · For first aid training providers/agencies

FormPre-2024 wording

Occupational First Aid Statement of Fitness

Candidate self-declaration of physical/mental fitness (OHSR 3.21(2)) submitted to the training agency before a certificate is issued; page text still uses pre-2024 'Level 2/Level 3' names.

Dec 2009 · For first aid certification candidates; training agencies

FormForm 55M5

Occupational First Aid Medical Certificate of Fitness: Report of Examining Physician (Form 55M5)

Physician's report on a candidate's fitness to act as an occupational first aid attendant, used when WSBC requires a medical certificate.

Aug 2012 · For first aid candidates/attendants and examining physicians

Template

Exposure control plan for biological agents for first aid attendants

Editable exposure control plan to eliminate or minimize attendants' infection risk from blood-borne pathogens and other infectious materials.

Sep 2024 · For employers with first aid attendants

FormPre-2024 wording

First Aid Advisory: Naloxone

Explains naloxone and how providing it may fit into an employer's workplace emergency response plan.

Jun 2017 · For employers, first aid attendants

Guide

Backgrounder: Occupational first aid regulatory changes

Overview of the Part 3 OHS Regulation first aid amendments in effect Nov 1, 2024.

Jan 2025 (content updated Jun 2024) · For employers, attendants, training providers, joint committees

Guide

Part 3 – Minimum Levels of First Aid (amendments, strikethrough version)

Strikethrough of the Board-approved (Apr 2023) Part 3 first aid amendments effective Nov 1, 2024; the live Regulation/Guidelines pages are the authoritative text.

Apr 2, 2024 · For employers, policy readers

BookletBK14 (publication no.)Pre-2024 wording

Creating and Managing a Healthy and Safe Workplace (BK14)

General OHS program primer that includes a first aid section; predates the Nov 2024 first aid changes.

Nov 2022 · For employers, joint committees

Online tool

What's Wrong with This Photo? (First Aid Safety)

Spot-the-hazards photo challenge on first aid safety for discussion at meetings.

Nov 2014 · For workers, students, safety meetings

Research

CPR and First Aid Skill Retention in an Industrial Setting (RS2006-IG06)

WSBC-funded study of how first aid and CPR knowledge and skills decline with time since certification.

2006 · For training providers, policy

Found by searching WSBC’s resource library on September 25, 2026. WSBC publishes no first aid posters, and all first aid resources are in English only.

This tool explains the rules. It is not the rules.It’s built from WSBC’s first aid pages, the Occupational Health and Safety Regulation (Part 3 and Schedule 3-A) and WSBC’s OHS Guidelines. Where we say Law, the Regulation requires it. Where we say Guidance, it’s WSBC’s interpretation or advice. If anything here differs from WSBC, WSBC is right. Alpha Training Solutions is an approved first aid training provider; this toolkit is our own work and is not made or endorsed by WSBC.