CPR Level A, C, or HCP, and AED
Courses on cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) provide the skills needed to recognize and respond to cardiovascular emergencies and choking for adults, children, and babies depending on the level of CPR chosen. All include training in the use of an automated external defibrillator (AED). Courses offer training suitable for workplace or general interest
About this course
Prerequisites: None
Duration: Level A: 4 hours Level C: 5 hours Level HCP: 6 hours
Completion requirement: 100% attendance, skills demonstration, and 75% min. passing grade on written exam
Certification: Valid for 3 years
Recertification: Level A: not available Level C and HCP: 4 hours
Take-home materials : Red Cross CPR/AED Manual
Certification card
Course Content:
Level A
- The First Aider’s Role
- Check, Call, Care
- H.A.IN.E.S. Recovery Position
- Assisting with Medications
- Angina and Heart Attack
- Stroke
- CPR—Adult
- Deadly Bleeding
Level ‘C’
- Level ‘A’ content
- Choking—child and baby
- CPR—child and baby
Level ‘HCP’
- Level ‘C’ content
- Jaw thrust
- Pulse check
- Rescue breathing—adult, child, and baby
- BVM—adult, child, and baby
- Two rescuer CPR—adult, child, baby
Cost:
- CPR-A/AED: $55 CAD
- CPR-C/AED: $65 CAD
- CPR-HCP/AED: $75 CAD