Standard Child Care First Aid
Comprehensive two-day course offering lifesaving first aid skills, cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR).
Comprehensive two-day course offering lifesaving first aid skills, cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) skills, and injury prevention skills and knowledge, with a focus on childhood injuries and illnesses. Includes the latest first aid and CPR guidelines and meets legislation requirements for provincial/territorial early childhood education and day care worker safety requirements*.
Teacher
First Aid Instructor
Pre-Requisites
- None
Completion
- Successfully demonstrate skills and critical steps
- Minimum 75% mark for written knowledge evaluation
- Attend and participate in 100% of the course

Duration:
16 hours (day 1 must be 7 hours of instruction)
Recertification
8 hours in-class*
Participant Materials
- Child Care First Aid (print and/or eBook)
- Comprehensive Guide to First Aid & CPR (eBook)
- Standard Child Care First Aid Certificate (digital certificate issued upon successful completion)
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 Illnesses
- Poisons
- Childhood Illnesses
- 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