Major Account Solutions first aid & CPR training
Training features
Our courses are taught by highly trained Red Cross First Aid Instructors. Our instructor base completes an extensive certification and recertification process to keep up with the latest teaching strategies and the latest first aid and CPR science. In many cases, our instructors are front-line professionals – firefighters, emergency medical responders, and nurses – who can enhance courses through their own experience and knowledge.
Our instructors use a learner-centred approach to training, which allows them to tailor the teaching method to the learning style of the participants. This flexibility increases participants’ retention of skills and level of confidence to act in an emergency situation.
Our courses offer:
- Dynamic training techniques including DVD instruction, PowerPoint presentations, skills demonstrations, practice sessions, scenarios based on real-life situations, discussions and exercises
- Hands-on training using real materials to aid in skill retention such as mannequins for practising CPR, AED trainers, bandages and splinting materials, auto-injector trainers, inhalers, etc.
- User-friendly full-colour manuals developed for participants using feedback from past participants and instructors, includes photos, illustrations, charts and lists
Minimum regulatory requirements for first aid training
Having employee(s) trained in first aid in your workplace is a legal requirement across Canada. Most workplaces fall under provincial workplace health and safety legislation while companies federally incorporated fall under the Canada Labour Code.
Please click here for information on the minimum number of employees requiring certification per workplace and the type of course(s) they need to take.
While these are the minimum requirements, when deciding on the number of employees to be trained always take into consideration people’s availability as dictated by factors such as shifts, vacation time, sick leave, or meetings off-site. As a general rule, for every one person mandated by regulations, a company should train three. While having 100 per cent of employees trained in first aid is ideal, a good corporate objective is to achieve and maintain 25 per cent coverage.
Red Cross First Aid. Prepare for Life. ®
