Injury Prevention- Canadian Red Cross

Injury Prevention

FIND A CPR, FIRST AID AND SWIMMING COURSE NEAR YOU



Red Cross authorized provider Darryl Toews demonstrates CPR

Learning first aid and CPR has never been easier! The Canadian Red Cross offers courses in first aid and CPR delivered by a vast network of hundreds of authorized Red Cross providers across Manitoba. For over 60 years, thousands of Manitobans have learned how to swim with lessons from the Canadian Red Cross.

To find a course in first aid, CPR or Red Cross Swim near you, please call 1-888-307-7997 or
email wz-contactcentre@redcross.ca

To learn more about first and and CPR log onto www.redcross.ca/firstaid

To learn more about Red Cross Swim programs log onto www.redcross.ca/swim

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INJURY PREVENTION COMMUNITY OUTREACH

Red Cross trains Hutterite students to become instructors

The Fairholme Hutterite Colony near Portage la Prairie, Manitoba is taking precautions to prevent drowning and injury on its colony. A partnership between the City of Portage la Prairie and the colony will see five colony members become Red Cross Water Safety Instructors (WSI). Click HERE to learn more.

Red Cross Manitoba Region promotes safety on river ice in the winter



A scene from the Red Cross thin ice campaign

Getting kids to think twice about going on thin ice is the goal for the Canadian Red Cross and its injury prevention partners, Winnipeg Police Service and Winnipeg Fire Paramedic Service. The team has coordinated a multi-media campaign that include a website www.thinktwicethinice.ca and a television PSA. It can be viewed on the aforementioned website.

Our community water safety ambassador: "Buckles"



"Buckles" at the Teddy Bears' Picnic

A common sight at community events in Manitoba throughout the year is “Buckles” – our larger-than-life mascot. Buckles can be seen at events such as the Teddy Bears’ Picnic at Assiniboine Park and the annual mascot race at Assiniboia Downs. Buckles is available for your community event anywhere in Manitoba. Please call 982-7330 in Winnipeg or 1-866-685-4250 toll-free in Manitoba or by email infomanitoba@redcross.ca for more information.

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RED CROSS RESCUER AWARDS

Manitoba Region presents a number of Red Cross Rescuer Awards every year to people from all over the province who have helped to save a life or made an attempt. The awards help to promote the importance of learning first aid and CPR because they showcase how “every day” people are called upon to perform lifesaving skills that help prevent serious injury or even death. Success in the rescue is not mandatory to receive an award.

Do you know someone who should be recognized for their lifesaving effort? Click HERE for the Red Cross Rescuer award criteria and PDF nomination form.

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WARM HANDS PROGRAM

The Warm Hands program has supplied just over 10-thousand children in Manitoba communities with mittens, scarves and hats over the past 10 years. Red Cross volunteers spend countless hours knitting quality winter-wear. With wool donated by the community, volunteer knitters sort through the wool to create a wonderful array of colourful hats, scarves and mittens throughout the year.

The wool does not have to be brand-new. The Red Cross Warm Hands program accepts wool that is often mismatched in colour and weight. The Red Cross Warm Hands Program donates boxes mittens, scarves and hats every year to several communities in Northern Manitoba, Winnipeg’s inner-city, a daycare and one not-for-profit agency. The goal of the program is to prevent unintentional injury from frostbite and hypothermia.

If you would like to donate wool to the Warm Hands program, please call 982-7330 in Winnipeg or 1-866-685-4250 or email us infomanitoba@redcross.ca

Warm Hands makes special delivery to one Winnipeg school

Manitoba Region's Warm Hands program presented Shaughnessy Park School with two big boxes full of mittens, scarves and hats. The winter apparel was given to MORE