Standard First Aid and CPR AED is a comprehensive course offering first aid and cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) training that will leave you feeling secure and confident to respond quickly and effectively to any emergency situation. You will learn lifesaving skills needed to respond to a first aid emergency and how to manage illness and injuries until the emergency medical services (EMS) / professional rescuer arrive at the scene. Skills covered in this CPR course include first aid; relief of choking in adults, children, and infants; and how to recognize and respond to sudden cardiac arrest in adults, children, and infants.
Instructors use presentations and skills demonstrations to teach critical skills and provide hands-on practice sessions. Students receive coaching and feedback to facilitate their learning experience in a fun, engaging and dynamic environment.
First Aid with CPR & AED training courses were developed in accordance with the recommendations from the International First Aid and Resuscitation and ECC Guidelines. This course meets legislation requirements for provincial/territorial worker safety and insurance boards (WSIB) and includes the latest first aid and CPR guidelines. For those who have a duty to respond to first aid and cardiac emergencies because of work requirements or who want more knowledge to respond to emergencies at home and in the community.
Course Contents
• Chain of Survival
• Responding to Emergencies
• Check, Call, Care
• Choking
• Circulation Emergencies
• CPR and AED
• Breathing Emergencies
• Wound Care
• Head, Neck, and Spinal Injury
• Bone, Muscle, and Joint Injury
• Sudden Medical Emergencies
• Environmental Illness (Heat and Cold Emergencies)
• Poisons
Additional Information
Learning Objectives
Upon completion of this course the participant will be able to:
- Identify the most important action steps to effectively respond to a life-threatening emergency situation
- Remove disposable gloves
- Demonstrate how to do a primary assessment following life-threatening conditions such as a heart attack, stroke, difficulty breathing, choking, severe bleeding and shock.
- Demonstrate turning the victim into the recovery position
- Describe and demonstrate how to help a conscious and an unconscious victim with an obstructed airway
- Use an epinephrine pen
- Identify early signs and symptom of a heart attack and stroke
- Describe and demonstrate how to control bleeding, bandaging and use of tourniquet
- Recognize the sign and symptoms of shock
- Describe how to minimize the risk of shock
- Describe how high-quality CPR skills improve survival
- Recognize when someone needs CPR
- Demonstrate high-quality CPR for an adult, child and infant CPR (pediatric CPR)
- Describe how to perform two-rescuer CPR
- Demonstrate how to give rescue breaths using mouth-to-mouth or a mask for all age groups
- Demonstrate how to use an AED on an adult, child and infant
- Describe the general care for common injuries and illnesses of the muscle, joints and bones
- Provide first aid care for common injuries and illnesses in the workplace
- List the general principals for providing care to burn victims
- Describe and demonstrate the guidelines to follow when moving an injured person with broken bones
- Recognize medical emergencies such as seizures, diabetes and drug overdose
- Describe what precautions should be taken to prevent heat and cold related illnesses
- Identify the general principles of care for poison-related emergencies
Course Material
- First Aid & CPR (print and/or eBook)
- Comprehensive Guide to First Aid & CPR (eBook)
- Standard First Aid – Online training(Blended Only)
Course Format/Time
- Blended Emergency First Aid CPR & AED Course takes approximately 8 hours to complete, including skills practice and skills testing; 4 hours for online portion and 3.5-4.5 hours for in-class component
- In classroom course Emergency First Aid CPR & AED takes approximately 7 hours to complete, including skills practice and skills testing
- Recertification for Emergency First Aid CPR & AED is approximately 5 hours teaching time in-class OR 4 hours online learning + 3-4 hours in-class for Blended.
*Online training time will vary depending on the learner.
Course Completion Card or BLS Certification
Upon successful completion of this course, students receive a CPR with AED certificate (digital certificate) and CPR with AED course completion card that is valid in Ontario for 3 years.
Available Levels
- Standard First Aid CPR/AED level C
- Standard First Aid BLS level HCP
- Recertification Standard First Aid CPR/AED level C
- Recertification Standard First Aid BLS level HCP
