At any given time, skills learned through first aid training could help someone in need or even save a life! Take for example the recent news story of two
Toronto men who spent their flight to Beijing keeping a man alive who was suffering from a cruising-altitude heart attack; or the story about an
EMT volunteer who saved a newborn baby’s life, after being notified of the nearby emergency through his smartphone app.
To mark World First Aid Day (September 13), we are celebrating these everyday heroes because first aid is for everyone, everywhere, whether it is at home, at work or out for a walk in the park.