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Continue readingWhy First Aid Course in Toronto is Important for You?
There 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.
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CPR Training In Mississauga: What You Need To Know?
We are glad you decided to visit this page. It shows you are a caring, conscientious person who’d like to be there for others in need.
Our CPR courses in Mississauga are conducted in a training facility conveniently located at 50 Britannia Road East, Mississauga, ON, easily reachable from nearby highways and main roads.
Coast to Coast First Aid is a Canadian Red Cross training Partner, offering multiple standard first aid courses with full certification. In addition to Mississauga, we have training facilities all over the GTA, with Toronto CPR first aid courses, first aid training in Brampton, and even free CPR training in Toronto.
Our Mississauga CPR training centre is open for public courses on both weekdays and weekends, adjusting our hours to your busy schedules.
Here is a quick overview of the different training programs we offer in our Mississauga CPR training centre:
First Aid – CPR Training Mississauga
The course you choose depends on your current level and needs:
- CPR/AED training at A/C/HCP level
- Emergency First Aid & CPR/AED level C/HCP
- Standard First Aid & CPR/AED level C/HCP
- Standard Childcare First Aid & CPR/AED level B
All courses grant you a Canadian Red Cross certificate upon completion which is valid for 3 years.
First Aid Training for Groups:
This category of training is usually requested by companies and workplaces that require employees to take CPR first aid training either as part of their corporate culture or due to Health and Safety needs dictated by the nature of their work.
- Discounts for group training at any one of our training facilities across the GTA
- Courses meet federal and provincial occupational health and safety legislation
- Canadian Red Cross certificates are given, valid for 3 years upon training completion
CPR First Aid Re-certification Mississauga
- Standard First Aid & CPR/AED Level C/HCP Re-certification
When your certification expires, don’t hesitate to get re-certified right away. After all, the knowledge is there. All you need is a refresher and update on possible new techniques. This makes the procedure quick and simple.
The legal aspect of the need to be re-certified is important of course, but far more important is the need to be sure your skills are still with you. It is not enough to know the drill, you also need to know you can perform it with professional calm under stress.
When another person’s life depends on it, your reaction is what matters. Do you hesitate or freeze, losing valuable time? Or do you jump into action with muscle memory leading the way, governed by a clear mind that knows exactly what to do?
Enroll today to one of our CPR training Mississauga courses to be prepared for everything!
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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.
Become A Lifeguard With First Aid & CPR Training
Coast to Coast First Aid is now inviting young individuals to a program that combines international and local expertise to produce the best quality First Aid training for lifeguards.
Getting your first aid training is all about being able to save lives, but being a Lifeguard is to make it your profession. Our program is based on the best practices as shown by the Canadian Red Cross, the highest standard for first aid training in Canada. Our own program takes it a step forward and offers smaller training groups, better equipped facilities and centers all around Ontario and the GTA. This allows you to avoid the need for lengthy travel and choose the training center in the vicinity of your own home.
We have training facilities for CPR and First Aid in Toronto, Mississauga, Brampton, North York, and many other areas and municipalities. We make it easy for you to get your first aid certification and proceed to become a lifeguard next. Our trainers are all either ex health care providers with vast experience or ex Red Cross trainers, with both hands on expertise and teaching experience. In addition to rigorous professional screening, each instructor also gets in-house training to make absolutely sure all of our courses are uniform and deliver training of impeccable quality.
Learning the trade of a lifeguard not only puts you in a position to save lives, but opens possibilities for gainful employment in Canada as well as overseas. Many young men and women use this as an opportunity to earn money while traveling, hiring out as lifeguards on hot vacation spots and cruise ships, essentially paying their way on board by working there. In addition to this and our extensive first aid and CPR training options, we also have a Learn to Swim program for children and adults. Swimming is one of the essential life skills, not to mention a healthy form of exercise and highly recommended sport.
Our schools offer swimming lessons that are conducted in a professional yet fun and friendly atmosphere, perfect for children.
As a Red Cross partner, we are one of the best first aid CPR training schools in Ontario. Our variety of hands-on and online first aid courses is wider than most other companies, and our excellence in the field is unmatched.
Whether your aim is to become a lifeguard, or just to know essential life saving techniques to keep your loved ones safe, we are here for you.
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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.
Importance of Taking a First Aid Course
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.
Brief CPR Course – Big Difference
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.
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When faced with a medical emergency, there are several steps you should observe. Using the ABC’s of CPR will help determine factors between life and death.
Continue readingWhat are the Basics of First Aid Training?
When people enroll to our first aid training Mississauga, the first thing they want to know, of course, is the content of the training program. We will answer this question by giving you an outline of the most important components of basic first aid training.
But before we do that, it’s also important to clarify that there is no one basic first aid training course that covers all possible scenarios and situations. The course you take should really depend on your situation, i.e. where and in what scenarios you might need to practice first aid. There are, for example, several specialized first aid programs, such as First Aid at Home, Workplace First Aid, Swimming & Water Safety, and more.
First aid situations vary, and so do first aid training courses. At the same time, there are two options for basic first aid training we offer that cover the essentials, and can make you generally prepared for a wide array of scenarios.
- Emergency First Aid CPR/AED
The Emergency Course is a basic must-have training on how to act in extreme situations, at least until the paramedic team arrives. It teaches CPR for home and workplace situations, and gives you the skills necessary to recognize, prevent and respond to different emergencies in adults.
This course covers topics such as
- The Red Cross
- Emergency Medical Services
- Check, Call, Care principle
- Breathing and Circulation Emergencies
- Respiratory and Cardiac Arrest
- Wound Care Practices
- Standard First Aid CPR/AED
The Standard First Aid training is a more in-depth course that takes two days and provides additional knowledge on how to respond to a wider variety of first aid situations.
In addition to the topics covered in the first course, this one also gives information on:
- Head and Spine Injuries
- Bone, Muscle, and Joint Injuries
- Sudden Medical Emergencies
- Environmental Emergencies
- Poisons
Both of those Mississauga first aid training courses grant a certificate which will be valid for three years.
As we mentioned above, there is much more to first aid than those two basic courses, which should come as no surprise as a paramedic’s training takes several years. If you expect to work in a high risk environment, such as construction, mountain tourism, sailing, or any other specialized field with its own set of highly specific dangers, it might be better to go farther and take a more in-depth course.
Still, our basic Mississauga first aid training courses are far, far better than nothing, which some of our students can testify to. When a co-worker, friend or loved one is suffering from cardiac arrest, head injury, or is otherwise facing grave danger, knowing the basic skills might already be enough to keep them alive. Not knowing those skills might leave them to face it alone.
If you are of the same opinion and agree that having those basic first aid skills is a must, call us now and enroll to our one, or two day programs.
We’re here for you to help you be there for others.