First Aid & CPR Training
Enable your employees to learn valuable first aid skills and comply with government regulations.
Commissionaires Great Lakes offers First Aid and CPR Training, providing life skills for every member of your organization, from staff members and executives to volunteers. We are an authorized provider of St. John Ambulance first aid programs and we offer a full range of first aid training taught by our qualified instructors. Students will come away from this training with the specific knowledge required to deal with potential emergency scenarios such as: cardiovascular events, severe bleeding, choking and more. Organizations will satisfy government requirements on first aid training and become better equipped to deal with first aid situations.
Why You Should Take This Course
Your employees can receive first aid training to a standard recognized worldwide and your organization can meet legislated requirements under Regulation 1101 of the Occupational Health and Safety Act of Ontario. Regulation 1101 requires all employers to ensure that first aid boxes and stations are in the charge of workers who hold valid first aid certificates issued by a training agency that is recognized by the Workplace Safety and Insurance Board (WSIB).
Employees will acquire new skills and gain crucial knowledge to help improve your organization’s ability to deal with emergency incidents and first aid situations.
What You Will Learn
Our First Aid & CPR training courses will familiarize students with potentially life-saving first aid skills.
Emergency & Standard Level First Aid Course Content
The following modules are included in both the Emergency & Standard Level First Aid courses:
- Emergency scene management;
- Shock, unconsciousness and fainting;
- Choking (adult);
- Cardiovascular emergencies and one-rescuer CPR (adult casualty);
- Severe bleeding.
Additional Elective Modules
The following elective modules may be added to complement the Emergency & Standard Level First Aid courses above. Our qualified instructors will work with you to select the right elective courses to custom build the right course for you, your employees and your specific work environment.
- Medical conditions (diabetes, convulsions, asthma, allergies);
- Child resuscitation;
- Infant resuscitation;
- Two-rescuer CPR;
- Automated external defibrillation;
- Secondary survey;
- Bone and joint injuries;
- Head/spinal and pelvic injuries;
- Chest injuries;
- Wound care;
- Multiple casualty management;
- Rescue carries;
- Eye injuries;
- Burns;
- Poisons, bites and stings;
- Heat and cold illness and injuries;
- Emergency childbirth and miscarriage;
- Artificial respiration.
Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) & Automated External Defibrillation (AED)
Courses on CPR & AED are offered by our qualified instructors. Contact one of our training professionals today at training.gl@commissionaires.ca for more details.
Course Duration
Standard Level First Aid: Four hours to cover mandatory modules listed above (1-5) plus seven and a half hours of elective modules from list above (A-R) for a total of 11.5 hours*.
Emergency Level First Aid: Four hours to cover mandatory modules listed above (1-5) plus one and a half hours of elective modules from list of above (A-R) for a total of 5.5 hours*.
*The length of St. John Ambulance courses may vary depending on modules selected and provincial or territorial regulations.
Who Should Attend?
Organizations who would like to comply with first aid government regulations and who would like to improve the health and safety of their people should offer first aid training to its employees.
Why Commissionaires Great Lakes?
Our first aid courses are delivered by Commissionaires’ subject matter experts who are trained instructors with extensive real-life, relevant experiences. Regulation 1101 requires certain workers to hold valid first aid certificates issued by a training agency recognized by The Workplace Safety and Insurance Board (WSIB). Commissionaires Great Lakes is an authorized provider of St. John Ambulance, an approved first aid trainer.
Course Locations
Our first aid courses can be delivered at your workplace or at the Commissionaires Great Lakes training centre location most convenient for your organization. Our training facilities are located in Toronto, Barrie, London, or Sarnia.
Course Length and Cost
The cost of the course is dependent on the number of attendees in your group. Contact one of our training professionals today at training.gl@commissionaires.ca to enquire about special group pricing and schedule information.
How to Register
Contact one of our training professionals today at training.gl@commissionaires.ca to register for training and to schedule the start date of your course.
Additional Courses Offered
- Emergency Level First Aid;
- Standard Level First Aid;
- Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR);
- Automated External Defibrillation (AED).
Specialized courses:
- First Aid on the Farm;
- The Lifesaver;
- Wilderness First Aid.
Custom Programs
Additionally, we can develop a custom curriculum to suit the precise needs of your trainees and deliver it where and when you need it.