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Emergency Child Care First Aid Training Course

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Description

Basic one-day course designed to introduce caregivers to injury prevention skills and knowledge. Course covers lifesaving first aid skills and cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR and AED) for children, and babies. Course meets legislation requirements for provincial/territorial early childhood education and day care worker safety requirements*.
 

DURATION

  • Minimum 8 hours in-class

INSTRUCTOR

  • First Aid Instructor

PREREQUISITE

  • None

COMPLETION

  • Successfully demonstrate skills and critical steps
  • Min. 75% mark for written knowledge evaluation
  • Attend and participate in 100% of the course

CERTIFICATION

  • 3-year certification in Emergency Child Care First Aid

RE-CERTIFICATION

  • 6 hours in-class*

  * Check local legislation to determine certification level, maintenance, and recertification requirements. www.redcross.ca/firstaidlegislation

COURSE CONTENT**

  • The Red Cross
  • Responding to Emergencies
  • The EMS system
  • Check, Call, Care
  • Airway emergencies
  • Breathing and Circulation emergencies – Child and baby
  • First aid for respiratory and cardiac arrest – Child and baby
  • Wound care
  • Head, Neck and Spinal Injuries
  • Bone, Muscle, and Joint Injuries
  • Sudden Medical Emergencies
  • Environmental Illness
  • Poisons
  • Caring for Children

PARTICIPANT MATERIALS

  • Child Care First Aid (print and/or eBook)
  • Comprehensive Guide to First Aid & CPR (eBook)
  • Emergency Child Care First Aid certificate (digital certificate issued upon successful completion)

** Includes any other content required by specific legislation