How to Handle Medical Emergencies?

First Responders helping a victim in a medical emergency

Many things can happen that endanger the life and health of our friends, family, or coworkers. From sudden cardiac arrest to accidental injuries, medical emergencies require quick thinking and decisive action. Knowing how to respond effectively can make the difference between life and death.

Being there for those we love is our first priority in life, which is the main reason we see a significant influx of people enrolling in our CPR and first aid courses in Toronto and the GTA. Learning these life-saving skills empowers individuals to provide immediate care when it’s needed the most.

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What To Consider When Choosing a First Aid Training Provider

If you understand the importance and necessity of acquiring adequate knowledge in CPR and First Aid, you must also realize that First Aid CPR training also requires highly qualified instructors and facilities to convey the necessary knowledge and habits.

Skill and knowledge become habit when practiced repeatedly and correctly, and habit is exactly what you need in an emergency – a reflex that takes over and leads you to respond with quick and precise action to save someone’s life.

Good First Aid CPR training differs from inadequate training in that it is perfected to achieve results in the minimum amount of time – making sure you understand how it works and that you’re perfectly capable of doing it yourself without panicking, freezing or making dangerous mistakes.

But how do you choose a good first aid training in Brampton?

There are several considerations you should focus on when making this decision.

Training Personnel Qualifications

 

This is easy to check online even before you contact or meet anyone. Examine the instructor’s credentials. He or she should have a valid First Aid certificate and all additional papers such as Pediatric First Aid (if they are teaching First Aid for kids) and other necessary papers. In addition to being a trained in First Aid, the instructor should have a teaching qualification. They have to hold a Level 3 Education and Training qualification at the very least. If the school has multiple instructors, ask who you should expect to be teaching you or your group, and review their specific credentials.

Actual First Aid Experience

 

A good First Aid training instructor should have actual field experience before going back into the classroom to teach others. Part of the preparation is dealing with stress, and an instructor who ever only did First Aid in a secure simulated environment can’t possibly know the first thing about this crucial aspect of the job. That’s why we only hire Red Cross instructors with years of experience for our First Aid Training Brampton and other centers in the GTA and Southern Ontario.

Course Content and Quality Assurance

 

There are standards set by the Red Cross to which any and every First Aid training class must adhere. Make sure the centre you choose follows them. This should additionally include processes the training provider has in place to monitor and review the training delivered by its instructors, including refresher courses and other supplementary checks to keep the training level high.

Our center for first aid training in Brampton offers all this and more.

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Could You Save a Runner’s Life With CPR

Increased awareness to health risks and a growing popularity of healthy living inspired many people to adopt a routine of regular physical exercise. While some sports require special equipment to exercise properly, like a swimming or weightlifting to name a few, running does not require anything besides a strong will and decent running shoes.

Running is More Than an Activity, it’s a Technique

Brampton has a strong culture of running, jogging and hiking. There are many people who care strongly enough about their bodies to get up from bed at 6 am for their morning exercise routine. At the same time, running – like every other form of exercise – has to be done right if you are to avoid muscle cramps or a heart seizure.

We need to have an understanding of some aspects of running, namely the changes our body undergoes when it shifts from mild activity to running.

Physical stress works in a manner similar to what happens when we get scared or angry – our body switches modes from “rest and digest” to “fight and flight”. When that happens, our body starts to pump adrenaline, a stress hormone. This hormone allows several changes to occur in our system, adapting our body to a new regimen:

  • An increased blood pressure and an increased heart rate, since our lungs will demand much more oxygen in comparison to walking or standing still.
  • An increase in muscle contraction rate (tonus), which is also a necessary adaptation for running.

From Theory to Practice

All of this knowledge is important but insufficient for when you come across a person who falls in mid run and passes out. If you are unprepared, the only thing you can do is stand and gape, or call for help at the very best. You and the injured person will be in luck if there’s someone around who can help by administering CPR and First Aid.

The delay may prove crucial however, and often even fatal. While you wait for someone to arrive, the damage and risk rate is rapidly increasing. This is why it’s crucial for everyone and especially people who run and engage in other stressful physical activity to go and enroll in a CPR and First Aid course, such as the one we have in Brampton.

This is the only way to be sure there’s always a person around who knows CPR and First Aid – to be that person. Enroll in our Brampton CPR and First Aid course and be ready to save lives.