Read blog posts from the Canadian Red Cross about First Aid and CPR
Posted November 22, 2010 by Red Cross Talks - Red Cross blogger
The Red Cross Talks team is hosting two FREE CPR Tweetups tomorrow in Toronto and Hamilton, and we are inviting our Twitter friends to join us! Non-Twitter users might be wondering “what’s a Tweetup?” It’s when twits (Twitter users) get together I...
Posted November 15, 2010 by Global Administrator
If you have ever taken a Red Cross CPR class, you know that one thing we cover in the classes is choking emergencies. I recently heard a story that illustrates the importance of taking a CPR class. Patrick Quinn, a Red Cross first aid instructor i...
Posted November 01, 2010 by Global Administrator
November is CPR Month. All month the team at Red Cross Talks will be sharing CPR-related stories and info. Stay tuned for more! Earlier this year, while taking a CPR course, my instructor Chuck used what I thought was an innovative tool to le...
Posted September 20, 2010 by Global Administrator
You‘re a teenager at a party having a good time, when your friend, who has had too much to drink, passes out. What do you do? Our sister society, the British Red Cross, is tackling this issue by recently launching a campaign called “Life. Liv...
Posted September 17, 2010 by Global Administrator
I arrived at my first aid class this week armed with a pen, a notebook, and a thirst for some first aid knowledge. I will admit it had been awhile since I had brushed up on my first aid skills. I got my certification years back, and meant to recertif...
Posted September 10, 2010 by Global Administrator
Three years ago, Deb Demaine was in the midst of a career change. She started teaching first aid as a part-time job, not knowing it would change her life. Nowadays, Deb can be found teaching first aid full-time in Niagara and Halton regi...
Shortly following one of the first First Aid classes she ever taught, Athena Papoutsis received a message in her Facebook inbox from someone she didn't know. She was surprised to find out the message was from one of her students. He wanted her...
Posted September 09, 2010 by Red Cross Talks - Red Cross blogger
If you were coming down the escalator/stairs at a busy shopping mall and noticed someone at the bottom of it, sprawled out on the ground and not moving, would you know what to do? The Red Cross put Canadians to the test a few years back with an aw...
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