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Standard First Aid & CPR |
Learning First Aid & CPR is as essential as learning to walk or to read. First Aid & CPR skills are applicable in your daily life, both at home and at work, and prepare you to act on, control, and manage life's emergencies. Before a professional responder arrives to help, you can make all the difference in helping someone in need.
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Canadian Red Cross First Aid & CPR training is basic knowledge delivered in easy-to-follow steps - we teach you simple routines that you can apply to a variety of situations, from small injuries and conditions to more severe injuries. This knowledge can turn you from a helpless bystander into someone who can save a life and has the knowledge and skills to help. We created our courses with you, our participant, in mind - to make it as easy as possible for you to attend a course and retain the information. |
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Our courses are based on a combination of
teaching techniques that include:
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Courses are offered with flexible schedule options to adapt to your busy lifestyle. During the course, our well-trained Red Cross First Aid Instructors monitor your progress and provide you with continuous feedback to help increase your skill retention. The take-home materials are colourful and easy to use, with checklists and step-by-step photos, and can be used as quick reference after the course as well. 
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About this course:
- 14 - 16 hour course with flexible scheduling options
- Includes CPR Level C
- Provides you with a 3-year valid certification recognized in the workplace (a shortened recertification course is available in groups)
- Includes AED certification
What you will learn:
- How to respond to emergencies
- The EMS system
- The 3 key principles in First Aid - Check, Call, Care
- How to deal with Airway, Breathing, and Circulation Emergencies
- First aid for respiratory and circulatory emergencies
- First aid for head and spinal emergencies
- First aid for bone, muscle, and joint emergencies
- First aid for sudden medical emergencies (i.e. diabetes, seizures, childbirth, etc)
- First aid for environmental emergencies
The Standard First Aid course is $160 and includes the text.
The Standard First Aid course is offered in 2 formats: either over the 2 full days of a weekend (Saturday and Sunday) from 8:30 to 4:30, or over 4 evenings from 6:30 to 10:30 each evening. Currently the following Standard First Aid courses are scheduled:
| Course Dates | Course Times | Delivery Method |
| August 14 and 15 | 8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. | Weekend |
| August 17, 19, 24 & 26 | 6:30 p.m. - 10:30 p.m. | Tuesdays & Thursdays |
| September 11 and 12 | 8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. | Weekend |
| September 21, 23, 28 & 30 | 6:30 p.m. - 10:30 p.m. | Tuesdays & Thursdays |
| October 12, 14, 19 & 21 | 6:30 p.m. - 10:30 p.m. | Tuesdays & Thursdays |
| October 23 and 24 | 8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. | Weekend |
| November 16, 18, 23 & 25 | 6:30 p.m. - 10:30 p.m. | Tuesdays & Thursdays |
| November 20 and 21 | 8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. | Weekend |
| December 11 and 12 | 8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. | Weekend |
The downloadable schedule is in PDF format, and will require a PDF viewer to read. If you do not have a PDF viewer, you may visit www.adobe.com to download the free Acrobat Reader.
