Emergency Child Care First Aid & CPR B

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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Duration

8 hours in-class + breaks

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

Emergency Child Care First Aid and CPR Level B (valid for 3 years from date of class) will be emailed to you when you have completed the course. Temporary certificates are available at the end of the course if requested.

Recertification

When the certificate has expired, the full 8 hour course must be repeated. Regarding first aid training for child care workers, the BC Child Care Licensing Regulation states that "the course must offer at least 8 hours of instruction, at least 3.5 hours of which must be delivered in person"

The first aid certificate "is not renewable unless the holder, before the expiry date, participates in at least 8 hours of further instruction, at least 3.5 hours of which must be delivered in person, followed by an examination that includes demonstration and evaluation of the skills relevant to the matters described in section 2 of this Schedule." (Schedule C of the B.C. Child Care Licensing Regulation)

Child care workers in BC must do 8 hours of first aid & CPR training every 3 years. Shorter recert. courses are not acceptable.

Red Cross does not yet have a blended class to replace the current, Emergency Child Care First Aid & CPR Level B program.

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

• The Canadian Red Cross "Child Care First Aid Manual" (eBook) is available for you to download on completion of the class. Once certified, course participants can find digital manuals here: My Red Cross (myrc.redcross.ca) > My Profile > My Digital Books.
• Pre-reading is not required, however, if English is your second language, you may like to study the course book before your class. Once you have registered for a class you can email us to request a copy of the eBook.
• Printed manuals are available for purchase in class (cash only). - Not currently available due to COVID
• Emergency Child Care First Aid e-Certificate