First Responder Instructor
Red Cross First Aid. Prepare for Life™.
The purpose of the First Responder Instructor course is to train instructors to teach the First Responder and Oxygen Administration courses.
Course content:
Includes an introduction to the Canadian Red Cross, planning and organizing the course, ensuring participants' health and safety, practice teaching, conducting scenario exercises, evaluating participants' performance and helping to better prepare instructors using various teaching methodologies.
Course Length:
20 hours (not including pre-course testing of knowledge and skills)
Prerequisites:
- Proof of current First Responder or higher with CPR-HCP
- 19 yrs of age or older
- Proof of current Canadian First Aid or equivalent
- First Aid Instructor or Instructor Trainer certification or equivalent
- Successfully complete a pre-course knowledge and skills test.
Recognition:
Successful candidates are certified as Canadian Red Cross First Responders Aid Instructors for 3 years and receive a wallet card upon successful completion of all course requirements including a written examination (min. pasing mark 80%).
Training Support Materials:
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Canadian Red Cross First Responder Instructor Manual
- Canadian Red Cross First Responder Manual, 2nd edition
- Canadian Red Cross CPR/AED Manual NEW
- Pocket mask and latex-free gloves
The recertification clinic for First Responder Instructors is 8 hours.
For more information on becoming a Canadian Red Cross Instructor contact us today!
