Description
Comprehensive two-day course offering lifesaving first aid skills, cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) skills, and injury prevention skills and knowledge, with a focus on childhood injuries and illnesses. Includes the latest first aid and CPR guidelines and meets legislation requirements for provincial/territorial early childhood education and day care worker safety requirements*.
DURATION
- Minimum 16 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 Standard Child Care First Aid
RE-CERTIFICATION
- 8 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)
- Standard Child Care First Aid certificate (digital certificate issued upon successful completion)
** Includes any other content required by specific legislation