Emergency Child Care First Aid

Emergency Child Care First Aid Fact Sheet

download Red Cross Emergency Child Care First Aid Fact sheet

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*.

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Course fee

$100.00 + GST per person

Duration

Minimum 8 hours in-class

Instructor

Canadian Red Cross First Aid Instructor

Prerequisite

None

Completion

• Successfully demonstrate skills and critical steps
• Minimum 75% mark for written knowledge evaluation
• Attend and participate in 100% of the course

Certification

3-year certification in Emergency Child Care First Aid and CPR Level B

Recertification

No recertification course available in BC.  When the certificate has expired, the full course must be repeated.

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

Participant Materials

• Child Care First Aid (manual from the Canadian Red Cross)
• Comprehensive Guide to First Aid & CPR (eBook)
• Emergency First Aid certificate