National media coverage highlights importance of first aid training
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Tristan Unsworth and Travis Hayes are shown yesterday at Mountainview Elementary in Howie Centre, N.S. Travis began choking while sucking on a peppermint candy this week. | |
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The stories outline the experience of two Canadians who called upon their first aid knowledge when faced with life-threatening situations. Tristan Unsworth, 11, performed abdominal thrusts on a classmate who was choking on a peppermint candy. A world away near Kandahar, Afghanistan, Canadian reservist Corporal Shaun Fevens, was seriously injured by a roadside bomb attack on Easter Sunday. Recalling his first aid training, Cpl. Fevens instructed his fellow soldiers on how to stop the bleeding from this serious injury.
First aid is an important life skill for everyone as no one can predict when they will face situations similar to Unsworth’s and Fevens’. Recent revisions to Canadian Red Cross First Aid and CPR programs – which meet the latest international guidelines – make these skills even easier to learn and use at any age. The programs are taught in easy-to-follow steps, empowering individuals to act on, prevent, and manage life’s emergencies.
The Red Cross delivers its First Aid programs through more than 3,100 training partners (Authorized Providers) across the country. All Canadian Red Cross programs follow strict quality control guidelines and procedures for content development, update and delivery.
For over 50 years, Canadian Red Cross has reduced death and suffering through its first aid training programs. Every year more than 350,000 Canadians take Red Cross first aid training and gain the knowledge, confidence and skills to deal with emergency situations and prevent injuries.
If you have never been trained in first aid or CPR, now is the time to learn how to save a life. If you have received training, take a refresher course and learn how recent research has made it even easier to learn, retain and perform these essential skills. Register for first aid training.
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