Quick question regarding First Aid / CPR requirement

[Guest postman]

Hi guys, I was wondering which one of the following I should take from the website:

 

http://www.ottawa.ca/residents/ambulance/community_medicine/first_aid/courses_en.html

 

Do you think the one titled "Health Care Provider (HCP) CPR C “Basic Rescuer” and Automated External Defibrillation (AED) Certification" is enough? It's only $50 and 4 hours. The first one looks more comprehensive though but it's 2 days and $120, and I'd rather not spend the extra time and money if I don't have to.

[runningdoc]

Hi guys, I was wondering which one of the following I should take from the website:

 

http://www.ottawa.ca/residents/ambulance/community_medicine/first_aid/courses_en.html

 

Do you think the one titled "Health Care Provider (HCP) CPR C “Basic Rescuer” and Automated External Defibrillation (AED) Certification" is enough? It's only $50 and 4 hours. The first one looks more comprehensive though but it's 2 days and $120, and I'd rather not spend the extra time and money if I don't have to.

 

Health Care Provider CPR C and AED is JUST the CPR component. If you had Standard First Aid but not a CPR certificate, that would be fine. You need Standard First Aid on top of that course, which is why it is only 50 dollars and a half-day.

[Guest postman]

Health Care Provider CPR C and AED is JUST the CPR component. If you had Standard First Aid but not a CPR certificate, that would be fine. You need Standard First Aid on top of that course, which is why it is only 50 dollars and a half-day.

 

Hmm so the comprehensive one I need to take is "Standard First Aid, CPR C “Basic Rescuer” and Automated External Defibrillation (AED) Certification," (the first one)?

 

Thanks!

[runningdoc]

Hmm so the comprehensive one I need to take is "Standard First Aid, CPR C “Basic Rescuer” and Automated External Defibrillation (AED) Certification," (the first one)?

 

Thanks!

 

Yep, that one would cover it. There are places that do the HCP CPR-C + Standard First Aid, but fewer private companies/individual instructors offer it because you need additional qualifications to teach it.

[john3900]

Do we even need the AED certification?

[Guest postman]

Do we even need the AED certification?

 

I don't think so just first aid and CPR.

[john3900]

Thanks. I'm also wondering which provider people are taking their first aid and CPR C with (red cross or st. john's) and why?

[MansionMD]

Are you from London? If you are, look into doing it with SERT because they offer student rates. That's where I am doing it.

Here's the link: http://www.sert.uwo.ca/courses.shtml

[rosettastoned]

Is anyone completing SFA/CPR C this weekend with SERT?