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Red Cross puts life-saving help in your pocket

Posted September 12, 2013 by Global Administrator

The Canadian Red Cross today took a giant leap into the mobile world, launching its first-ever mobile app. The app is ground-breaking for us, but more importantly, it can save your life. The official Canadian Red Cross First Aid App, a free download ...

Learning first aid an empowering experience

Posted September 06, 2013 by Red Cross Talks - Red Cross blogger

Guest post by Sandra Brunner, a member of the Canadian Red Cross Social Team and a Red Cross digital volunteer I recently had to update my CPR/AED skills to include infants, as I was teaching mom and baby Pilates classes. I thought it would also b...

Australian Red Cross encourages First Aid training with a paperclip

Posted July 30, 2013 by Global Administrator

What would it take for you to learn first aid? This funny video from the Australian Red Cross demonstrates the importance of safety in the workplace and the difference proper first aid training can make. The Canadian Red Cross offers fir...

Photo of the day: 11-year-old saves his mom’s life

Posted May 10, 2013 by Global Administrator

It is said that eating dinner as a family is an important thing to do, but did you ever think it might save your life? 11-year-old Connor McCarthy was having dinner with his family when his mom began to choke and could not breathe. Calmly, Con...

High Fives! Social Ambassadors receive awards

Posted May 10, 2013 by Global Administrator

Congrats to two of our Social Ambassadors Joallore Alon(@clickflickca) and Amber MacArthur (@ambermac) who both received Injury Prevention Awards at a special Red Cross awards ceremony!Joallore was recognized for his support in helping the Red Cross ...

CPR & Mad Men: Confidence from the boardroom to a cardiac emergency

Posted April 08, 2013 by Global Administrator

TV's favourite ad men and women returned to television screens across North America last night and if you saw the latest episode you can probably understand why we're interested in a particular scene. Don and Megan's doorman suffers a sudden car...

World Health Day - Providing care where it's most needed

Posted April 08, 2013 by Global Administrator

Many people around the world today are marking World Health Day. World Health Day was celebrated on Sunday, April 7 to mark the anniversary of the founding of the World Health Organization, the UN’s health agency. Health services are one of the c...

Tech Talk: The future of First Aid may be in your phone

Posted April 03, 2013 by Global Administrator

As we celebrate the 40th anniversary of the mobile phone, it is really amazing to think about all of the innovation in mobile phone technology and how it impacts our health, provides life-saving information, and provides information in a disaster or ...

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