Basic First Aid

Basic First Aid includes how to contact emergency medical services, rescue breathing, how to treat choking and minor injuries.

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Lifesaving Society
Rescue Ready is a Lifesaving Society Training Partner

Certificate Issued
3-year certification in Basic First Aid, CPR Level C, and AED

1 Day Course

Prerequisite: None.

What You’ll Learn in Our Basic First Aid Course

  • When to Call EMS – Recognize situations where you need to call emergency medical services.
  • Primary Assessment – Learn how to assess an unconscious, breathing victim, checking hazards and ABCs (airway, breathing, circulation).
  • Rescue Breathing – Practice rescue breathing techniques on a victim or manikin.
  • Obstructed Airway – Simulate the treatment of a conscious victim with an obstructed airway.
  • Shock Care – Perform a primary assessment and provide care for a victim in shock.
  • External Bleeding Care – Assess and treat external bleeding effectively.

This course covers essential skills to help you confidently assist in emergencies!

CPR (A, B, C, HCP)

Four levels of CPR training - A, B, C and HCP - are designed to meet the needs of both the public and professional rescuers like lifeguards. Learn CPR skills and the signs, symptoms and care of choking, non-breathing and pulseless victims. CPR courses teach the risk factors associated with heart disease and how to prevent them or reduce their effects. All Lifesaving Society CPR training is consistent with standards established by the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada.

Recognized by WSIB (Ontario's Workplace Safety & Insurance Board).

Backlink: https://www.lifesavingsociety.com/first-aid/cpr.aspx

CPR-A

CPR-A(Adult) teaches how to do CPR and choking procedures for adults and includes the importance of early defibrillation and how to use an AED.

CPR-B

CPR-B (Adult, Child & Infant) teaches parents, grandparents, babysitters, or child care workers the CPR and choking procedures for adults, children and infants. CPR-B includes the importance of early defibrillation and how to use an AED.

CPR-C

CPR-C (Adult, Child & Infant) covers all aspects of CPR skills and theory for adult, child and infants, including two-rescuer CPR skills. CPR-C includes the importance of early defibrillation and how to use an AED.

CPR-HCP

CPR-HCP (Adult, Child & Infant, AR, AED, BVM) covers all aspects of CPR including rescue breathing and the use of AEDs and BVMs. This Health Care Provider (HCP) level is designed specifically for those who as part of the job description as Health Care Providers have a duty to respond to medical emergencies (e.g., doctors, nurses, paramedics, and allied health care professionals).