Standard First Aid and CPR AED is a basic one-day course offering first aid and cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) training for the workplace or home. 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) 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. Participants receive coaching and feedback to facilitate their learning experience in a fun, engaging and dynamic environment.
First Aid with CPR & AED courses were developed in accordance with the recommendations from the International First Aid and Resuscitation 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 a cardiac and/or respiratory emergency 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 illness 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
