Emergency Child Care First Aid

Basic one-day course designed to introduce caregivers to injury prevention skills and knowledge.

Basic one-day course designed to introduce caregivers to injury prevention skills and knowledge. Course covers lifesaving first aid skills and cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR and AED) for children, and babies. Course meets legislation requirements for provincial/territorial early childhood education and day care worker safety requirements*.

Instructor

First Aid Instructor


Pre-Requisites

  • None


Completion

  • Successfully demonstrate the required skills
  • Minimum 75% mark for written, closed book, knowledge evaluation
  • Attend and participate in 100% of the course

Duration: 

Minimum 8 hours in class


Recertification

6 hours in class*


Participant Materials

  • Child Care First Aid (print and/or eBook)
  • Comprehensive Guide to First Aid & CPR (eBook)
  • Emergency Child Care First Aid certificate (digital certificate issued upon successful completion)


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Course Content

  • The Red Cross
  • Responding to Emergencies
  • The EMS system
  • Check, Call, Care
  • Airway emergencies
  • Breathing and Circulation emergencies – Child and baby
  • First aid for respiratory and cardiac arrest – Child and baby
  • Wound care
  • Head, Neck and Spinal Injuries
  • Bone, Muscle, and Joint Injuries
  • Sudden Medical Emergencies
  • Environmental Illness
  • Poisons
  • Caring for Children


Includes any other content required by specific legislation.

*Check local legislation to determine certification level, maintenance, and recertification requirements. www.redcross.ca/firstaidlegislation



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