Ingrid Hardy Emergency Training
               First Aid Training, Kingston, Ontario
                    

 

First Aid training includes CPR/AED.  This page explains the different types of CPR levels and

different types of First Aid training my business offers.

 

CPR Levels

 

There are 3 levels of CPR:   CPR A, CPR C and Basic Life Supports (BLS).

 

                  

IN ORDER TO GET THE CERTIFICATE, YOU MUST BE ABLE TO DO TWO (2) MINUTES OF COMPRESSIONS. 

Red Cross and WSIB established this requirement.

 

CPR Level A--It deals with adult scenarios only.  Certification is valid for 3 years.

CPR Level C-It deals with adult, child and baby scenarios. This is the most common requirement for the

general public and workplace.  Certification is valid for three years.  I recommend parents take this level of

CPR.  Depending on your profession, you may be required to take CPR more often than every 3 years.  Please

check with your employer.

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Basic Life Support (BLS)--replaced CPR HCP--CPR for Health Care Providers---dealing with adult, child and

baby as health care providers.

                                           --Certificate is valid for one year.

                                              --"The recognition of and initial intervention or treatment given by pre-hospital

or in-facility responders to a patient suffering from cardiac arrest or respiratory arrest. "              

                                           --This deals with legal issues, advance directives, how to do the "jaw thrust" when

someone has a head and spine injury instead of tilting the head, how to do a pulse check,  how to use bag-

valve mask (BVM),  how to do assisted ventilation, two-person CPR as health care providers for all age

groups, special considerations and it focuses on team approach. 

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Basic Life Support (BLS) with Airway Management

--Airway Management--Certificate is valid for 3 (three) years.

                                           --practice how to open the mouth (two ways), how to use airway adjuncts

(oropharyngeal, nasopharyngeal and supraglottic airways), and how to use a suction.

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WHEN YOU TAKE THE RED CROSS FIRST AID COURSE, AND ANY LEVEL OF

CPR COURSE, YOU LEARN HOW TO USE AN AED (AUTOMATED EXTERNAL

DEFIBRILLATOR).

 

There are two levels of First Aid Training---Emergency First Aid (EFA) or Standard First Aid (SFA)

                                                                     ---Both EFA and SFA courses include CPR and AED training.

                                                                     ---EFA course can be with CPR A or CPR C or Basic Life Support (BLS).

                                                                     ---SFA course is usually SFA CPR C since this is the most

common requirement for the general public and workplace.   Depending on your profession, if you

work with adults only, SFA CPR A may meet your work requirement, although I recommend the general

public to take SFA CPR C.  SFA  Basic Life Support (BLS) is the highest level of the Basic First Aid training

since it is for Health Care Professionals.

 

Please check with your employer regarding which course you have to take.

                                                                    

                                                               

Emergency First Aid (EFA)-one day course.  Certification is valid for 3 years.

 

Topics include:

 

The Red Cross

Responding to Emergencies

Check, Call, Care

Choking

Circulation and Breathing Emergencies

CPR and AED

Wound Care

Fainting, Diabetic Emergencies, and Seizures

Foundations of First Aid

 

Standard First Aid (SFA)-two day course--Certification is valid for 3 years.

Topics include everything listed under Emergency First Aid, CPR and AED training, plus

Head, Neck and Spinal Injuries

Bone, Muscle and Joint Injuries, including how to apply splints and slings

Sudden Medical Emergencies

Environmental Illness--Cold and Heat Related Emergencies

Poisons

 

 

Standard First Aid recertification--the shorter version is either one day course or two evenings. 

Certification is valid for 3 years.  This is not recommended for people who need time to absorb the

material, because this is a fast-paced course where lecture format is used the most often in order to

review 13 chapters within 7-8 hours since my experience tells me that people do not remember the

material.  In order to take this quick recert, you must have taken a full SFA course within the last 3 years

and the certificate is still valid while you take the quick recert course.  Once you have taken a quick recert

course, you must take a full course the next time.  So the full course and quick recert must alternate. 

This is mandated by WSIB.  

                                                                   --or take the two-day course again.  Certification is valid for 3 years. 

You can take the two day course every time if you wish to do so.

                                                                   --or take full SFA Blended Learning--The First Step of Blended

Learning is to do the theory online at your own pace.  You will go through the modules and you must

pass each module before you can go to the next module.  You can save and come back to it anytime.  

You must complete this online part before the class time.  During the class time, you will spend a full day

(8 hours), practicing the skills and clarifying any part of the theory that you did online, before doing the

test.  Certificate is valid for 3 years.  This is equivalent to the two day full course.  You can take the full SFA

Blended Learning every time if you wish to do so.

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Emergency FIrst Aid recertification--In Ontario, you are required to take the full course.  This is

mandated by WSIB.

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CPR C recertification--In order to take this quick recert, you must have taken a full SFA, EFA or CPR

course within the last 3 years and the certificate is still valid while you take the quick recert course.  You

must provide proof that you took a full course previously and that your certificate has not expired on the

day of your quick recert course.  You must alternate the quick recert and full course.  You can always take

the full course every time if you wish to do so.  This is mandated by WSIB.   There is no quick recert CPR A

for a strange reason so full CPR A must be taken.

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Basic Life Support recertification--BLS is good for one year.  In order to take the BLS quick recert, you

must have a valid BLS certificate or CPR HCP certificate.  If you have a valid EFA BLS or SFA BLS certificate,

you also qualify to take the BLS quick recert.  You can continue to take the BLS quick recert as long as you

do not allow your certificate to expire.  If your certificate expired, you need to take the full BLS course.

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MARINE BASIC FIRST AID--two-day course.  Certification is valid for 3 years.

Red Cross now offers Marine Basic First Aid Blended Learning as well--Certfication is valid for 3 years.

It includes Standard First Aid CPR C plus added information listed below:

Marine First Aid Kits

How to get medical advice on the radio.

Confined spaces

Heavy machinery

Hazardous material

Moving an ill or injured person

Anatomy and physiology of various systems in the body

Mechanisms of heating and cooling the body

Additional information on heat-related illnesses and prevention

Cold water immersion

In cold water issues--self-rescue, survive to await rescue, HELP position, can not pull self out of ice while

still in water

Dehydration and malnutrition

Seasickness

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Marine Basic First Aid Blended Learning is now available--You do the online portion and this must be

completed before the class date.  Class is a full day.

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All participants need to wear pants (or shorts depending on the weather).

                    

 

Please contact me directly:

                   

 

Cell Phone or Text:  613-840-5279

                  

E-mail:  ingrid.training@gmail.com

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