First Aid and Safety Training

Lifesaving Society Standard First Aid/CPR C-AED

Standard First Aid provides comprehensive training covering all aspects of first aid and CPR. It incorporates all components of Emergency First Aid and is designed for those who require a more in-depth understanding of first aid, including the legal implications of first aid treatment, spinal injuries, heat or cold injuries, bone and joint injuries, chest injuries, and medical emergencies.

Includes 3 year Standard First Aid/CPR C-AED certification.

The Canadian Red Cross Babysitting Course has been refreshed and revised, now with a greater emphasis on First Aid skills. The course covers everything from managing difficult behaviours to essential content on leadership and professional conduct as a babysitter. It will deepen and enhance the sense of responsibility that older youth feel when caring for younger children.

Course Content Includes:

• How to feed, diaper, dress, and play with children and babies
• How to recognize and prevent unsafe situations
• First Aid skills
• Information on children's developmental stages and specific strategies for each stage
• The business of babysitting
  
  

Participants will be provided with a Babysitter's Manual and a certificate.

Description:

• Check, call, care (includes phoning EMS/911)
• Glove removal
• Recovery position
• Conscious choking (adult/child/baby/alone)
• CPR (baby/child)
• Illness, asthma (includes use of inhaler and spacer)
• Anaphylaxis (includes use of EpiPen)
• Poisoning, insect stings, wound care (i.e. minor cuts and scrapes, splinters, nosebleeds, burns and bruises, life-threatening bleeding)
• Head, neck, and back injuries
• Broken bones
• Seizures
  
  

Please bring a doll or teddy bear to the course to practice skills.

The Stay Safe! program offers basic first aid and safety skills for youth aged 9-13. Participants learn how to stay safe when they are without the direct supervision of a parent, guardian, or trusted adult, both at home and in their communities.

Course Content Includes:

• The importance of setting and following rules when on your own
• How to stay safe at home and within the community
• How to prepare for, recognize, and respond to unexpected situations, and basic first aid skills
  
  

Participants will be provided with a Workbook and a Completion Certificate.