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The story of two boys saving their grandma from death using CPR skills their mother taught them is an amazing feature, and further proves that even with just a little training, all can save lives no matter what age or size.
Continue readingWe all want to keep our loved ones safe, and take multiple measures of precaution to ensure their safety. We get everyone to wear their seat belts, make sure we cross the road in a safe manner. We keep bandages and medicine at home and at work…but do we really know how to respond to serious injury? When a pot of boiling water causes severe burns? When a child gets cut by a sharp kitchen utensil? When someone trips on the stairs and breaks an arm or a leg?
The sad truth is that our knowledge is, on average, based on fictional shows or films. That is not adequate knowledge to say the least. Taken at face value, it can even be truly dangerous in an emergency.
For one example, CPR courses teach us to perform cardiovascular resuscitation without endangering the unconscious person’s life. For another example, CPR and First Aid classes teach us how to lay a bandage or a tourniquet, and other essential skills anyone will wish they had known when their loved one is bleeding in their arms.
Let’s go into some detail as to what you get when you enroll into a series of CPR and FIrst Aid classes. This is a general breakdown of the essentials, not a specific course description. Still, it is enough to get an idea of the value they carry.
What do CPR Courses Teach
1. The EMS system
2. Airway emergencies
3. Breathing and Circulation emergencies
4. First aid for respiratory and cardiac arrest
5. Use of an Electronic Defibrillator
6. Bleeding and Wound Care
7. Head and spine injuries
8. Bone, muscle and joint injuries
9. Sudden Medical Emergencies
10. Environmental Emergencies
11. Poisonous Substances
It is our firm belief that as many people as possible should learn and get a CPR level C certification or another essential First Aid course.
It has been proven without a doubt that whether at home, at work, or outdoors, the chances of an injured person become considerably better when there is one other person around who’d been taught those significant skills. One of the best things is that the course is not even that long. Most courses are between one and two days long, six to eight hours a day. Take the time to enroll, and take your family with you.
Get on board with one of our First Aid CPR courses and keep each other safe with the important, invaluable knowledge this will gain you!
Register today for a First Aid Training course and learn how to deal with emergencies and keep your loved ones safe! Check out our facilities and book your spot now.
A CPR emergency can be one of two things – a terrifying, mind numbing disaster, or a challenge. A frightful challenge, to be sure, but one that you can overcome, given the necessary tools and knowledge necessary for the struggle.
Our North York CPR courses are here to provide people with the necessary skills to determine whether CPR is needed, and then provide this lifesaving technique with calm efficiency.
In this blog we will cover a few basic mistakes that can make an inexperienced or overly stressed person fail in performing CPR.
Always tilt the victim’s head back. Being unconscious often means the victim is suffering from a breathing obstruction. The purpose of CPR is to deliver oxygen-rich blood to their brain. Not allowing for the oxygen to enter the lungs by positioning the victim’s head at a specific angle is the first bad mistake you can make and will likely result in loss of life.
Count out every pump. Performing at least a hundred artificial heart beats a minute over the course of several minutes is physically exhausting. Keeping yourself concentrated on the effort by counting it out loud is necessary. Especially if you need to be replaced by someone else and they’ll need to know the count in order to continue exactly from where you left off.
Apply adequate pressure. This is one of the most important components of our CPR training in North York. It is also emphasized by the standard Red Cross CPR training program. Adequate pressure is essential to keep the blood circulating. There is an understandable fear of hurting the victim, but in this type of emergency it’s misguided and dangerous.
Focus on the compressions. Prioritizing mouth to mouth resuscitation has been proven to be a mistake. When you pump on the victim’s chest, the lungs also contract and draw in fresh air. When you pause to give breath, you stop pumping, which is far more important.
Always assess the victim’s response. Check the carotid vessel for pulse before starting and repeat the check for pulse at regular intervals. There will be no breathless awakening like in the films. Chances are the breath and pulse will be restored (not necessarily in that order) but the victim will still remain unconscious. It’s up to you to register their condition when it changes.
This advice is not by any means a substitute for proper CPR training. It is here to show you there are many things to learn if you want to save a life one day.
We honestly hope this day never comes, but it’s our job and commitment to help you be prepared for it, if and when it does. Call us now to enroll to our North York CPR training and get your cardiopulmonary certification.
There’s a question frequently asked by people who’d taken CPR classes online or attended one of our Red Cross CPR courses. What’s the next step? How can you become a Red Cross first aid instructor to even better help people in need?
Well, first there are different types of Red Cross instructors, divided by specialisation and level of training, and while you might wish to qualify for all of them, the courses should be taken one at a time.
Once you know exactly what you want to learn, there’s also a list of prerequisites you need to have in order to qualify for the course. In order to instruct a Red Cross CPR course or teach First Aid, you need to:
The last one is not necessary, but if you have the certificate, it can speed you up in the process by possibly qualifying you for an instructor transfer course.
Let’s however examine the scenario when you have no training or certification.
This is when you need to go and get your Red Cross Standard First Aid and CPR HCP/AED certificate. Then you qualify for the next step, and can now take the 32 hour Red Cross instructors’ course. Fill out a form here to get on board, and we’ll offer you a choice of dates and CPR course locations to choose for your convenience. We can also provide any additional information you require to get the training and certification.
Coincidentally, if you are currently a certified Red Cross instructor and wish to find employment and lead first aid training in Brampton or in one of our many centers, contact us and we’ll be happy for you to join our family.
Finally, if you hold a certification for first aid and/or CPR instruction from another organisation and wish to get it validated to qualify as a Red Cross instructor, we can help you with that as well.
Contact us today and see what the process is. It only requires a brief refresher and a quick exam instead of the full training a certification from scratch would entail.
Any questions we haven’t answered? Don’t hesitate to call, comment or email us. We’ll gladly answer all of them.
Register today for a First Aid and CPR/AED Instructor Course and train to become a Certified Red Cross Instructor. Check out our facilities and book your spot now.
This blog is here to guide you through the process of getting your CPR recertification, as well as alleviate any doubts as to why you might need it.
To lay the groundwork for this, here are a few reasons why anyone already certified should still get re-certified every three years, or more frequently if you are a medical practitioner.
Once you’d gone through your initial training, you received all the knowledge and skill necessary to perform this lifesaving technique on another person. As the years go by, however, can you be absolutely sure that all the knowledge and skills you attained during that first course are still with you? Moreover, are you willing to find it out in a life-threatening situation? Just as is the case with any acquired skill, a lack of practice dulls the reflexes and erodes memory. Refreshing it is as vital as learning it in the first place.
The medical field, just as everything else in our lives, does not stand still. Better, more efficient and innovative methods are developed rapidly. The CPR and first aid courses you took three years ago taught the best practices known at the time. Learning newer methods now will increase your efficiency at dealing with the emergency.
This may be a source of some frustration, but the fact is that the law treats a person who knows CPR yet doesn’t have a valid certificate, as if they weren’t trained at all. There is much damage that can result in someone applying CPR when they are untrained, and this is a precaution set in place to prevent it. Of course, if there is no other choice, an untrained (or not recertified) individual may decide to step in and assist, but the legal implications may be bad.
The good news is that recertification is even faster than initial first aid courses or first time cpr courses you took. The process of CPR recertification is pretty simple – you get to take a quick online refresher course for the knowledge set needed to perform CPR, and then proceed to a quick skill test in one of our many CPR training facilities conveniently located all around the Greater Toronto Area.
And finally, don’t look at this as an obstacle, but an opportunity.
An opportunity to enhance your skills, learn new ones and ultimately be better equipped to help save someone’s life.