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It is an undeniable fact that first aid and CPR training are quite literally vitally important practices that everyone should know. Yet we as a society still don’t know enough about them. These life-saving skills are critical for emergencies and can make a huge difference in critical moments. It is all the more ironic because one of the things you find out when you start reading is that there’s nothing too complicated about it. Anyone can learn it, anyone at all.
Continue readingThere are certain categories of people which, due mostly to their occupation, have to know first aid. Most of them will have to be trained beyond the standard first aid course, learning advanced techniques or field-specific first aid such as first aid for children of water-related first aid just to name a few. Those will be medical professionals, lifeguards, child care workers, firefighters and other specialists who are responsible for protecting the lives and welfare of other human beings. Yet we firmly believe that everyone should take a first aid course. Toronto and the GTA First Aid Training has an abundance of training facilities where you can get your CPR and first aid certification in less than two days time.
However, the question we get asked frequently is why? Why should a regular person not in a dangerous line of work bother to learn first aid at all? We live in a city where an ambulance is minutes away when it’s needed and besides, we don’t really face danger daily, do we?
The simple answer to this is, yes we do.
Most accidents that lead to severe injury or death occur at home or on the street, not in a dangerous workplace. The ironic fact is that people are safer in a dangerous setting because they are aware of the danger and therefore act in a more cautious and responsible manner. It’s where we feel the safest that dangers can gang up on us, because we are complacent and careless.
Places, where injuries can occur, are too many to recount, but the kitchen is definitely one of them. Sharp utensils, heated surfaces and boiling foods are a perfect source for burns, cuts and bruises. Do you live in a two story home? Did you ever navigate the stairway in the dark? You are in danger of falling every time you do. Do you have cats? The danger is now ten times as acute. We can go on and on, but the picture is clear. Injury can occur anywhere, anywhere at all.
Now that we’d established the situation to be one that may demand medical care, let’s answer the next question in line – why you. Why not call an ambulance and just sit there waiting for it?
Because a Toronto first aid course allows you to treat a person before the paramedic team arrives. This may be a 5 minute trip for them, or a 10 minute one, depending on how busy they are and how bad the traffic may be in the area. Some injuries don’t allow for the luxury of a long wait. If the victim is in heart arrest and isn’t breathing, they have minutes before permanent brain damage sets in. The same goes for severe bleeding. It needs to be stopped urgently or the victim will bleed to death.
A Toronto first aid course teaches you how to respond to a medical emergency before the ambulance shows up. It doesn’t substitute a medical professional by any means, but what it does is ensure there’s a still living person to save when they arrive.
This is why everyone should at least take the standard first aid course in Toronto and get their first aid certification. If only for the chance they will someday be required to save the life of a friend or family member.
Every season has its own set of dangers, and winter hasn’t quite left us this year. Let’s therefore talk about cold-related health hazards and how our first aid course in Toronto can help you deal with them.
It’s true that Canadian winter has been coming and going a lot in recent years, but it’s still notoriously cold.
We love spending time outdoors. Skiing, sledding, skating and even camping in the cold, crisp weather, are only a few of the favourite Canadian pastimes.
But with fun in extreme weather also come cold-related risks that we need to be able to recognize, prevent, and – in case that didn’t work – deal with, very very quickly. And all those risks usually sum up to one major risk – hypothermia.
Hypothermia is a cold-caused medical crisis with various degrees of danger, ranging from health failure all the way to severe risk of death. Let’s examine different degrees of this condition.
Mild Hypothermia – there’s no risk to the person’s life yet. The symptoms will be numbness of their fingers and toes, a sensation of cold and possibly mild weakness. You don’t need to take a Toronto first aid course to be able to treat this. The person needs to be warmed up, no urgent measures are necessary.
Moderate Hypothermia – this is where your Toronto first aid course may already come in handy. There is still no grave danger, but the risk of going into severe hypothermia is very high. The core temperature of the body, not only the extremities, begins to decline. It is usually marked by rapid shivering, with the thinking becoming sluggish and clouded. Warm the person up but do it slowly, to avoid the danger of heart arrhythmias.
Severe Hypothermia – here is where the person faces a risk of losing their life. Advanced medical care is needed and quickly. This condition happens when the core temperature declines below 30 degrees, cooling the blood and internal organs so much they may actually fail. This condition is recognizable however. The person will be so numb as to stop complaining about the cold. The shivers will cease, but their behavior will remain impaired with loss of coordination and a possibility of losing consciousness.
The reason everyone needs to take a Toronto first aid course is to be able to tell those conditions apart and to be able to treat them correctly.
We are here for you and also have standard first aid and CPR C recertification courses available for those who need to renew them. Get certified today, save a life tomorrow. Visit our Toronto CPR & first aid training facilities at Coast2Coast today.
There is no way of anticipating a crisis when it hits, and no way of avoiding it in most cases, either.
It is common for most people to encounter a medical emergency at some point in their lives. Depending on occupation and lifestyle, some will encounter disaster more often than others.
There are many situations that expose us to injury, from car accidents, to health issues, to violent crime, and more. The danger can range pretty widely as well, from a bad cut with bleeding that just won’t stop, to fractured bones, or sudden heart failure.
There is only one thing that you can do, to be able to deal with the danger with calm and precision, and that’s taking CPR training in Toronto. The big city is full of dangers, and the ability to save the life of a friend or loved one cannot be overrated.
The saddest part is that very often, it doesn’t require a medical professional to save a life. True, the injured person will often require medical hospital treatment afterwards, but at least he or she will get to live to be treated, but only if someone could keep them alive until the ambulance arrives. That’s why it’s important to know what to do during a medical emergency.
There is also the fine line between a temporary or permanent disability that is drawn where a bystander, friend or relative does or does not know CPR or first aid techniques. Minutes count when a person has stopped breathing. Six minutes is death of oxygen deprivation. Five minutes is all it takes to bleed to death from an arterial wound. Poorly mended bones may never heal properly after the simplest of fractures. A small cut can fester and turn into a serious life threat if not cleaned at once. The list of things that can go wrong and can easily be prevented or contained, goes on and on.
All you need to do is make sure you know how to handle the danger once it occurs.
You’d be surprised at how easy it is when you’re prepared, and we don’t wish on anyone to find out how terrifying it is when you’re not.
At Coast2Coast First Aid and Aquatics, we have first-hand understanding of the importance of proper practice and training. We have a first aid course in Toronto, CPR training and first aid training in Mississauga, and other locations across the GTA.
The course is in fact very brief, and you’d be surprised how little you need to know to make a big difference in someone’s life.
Enroll now and be there for someone tomorrow.