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Pacific First Aid is a proud Instructor Development Center (IDC) for the Canadian Red Cross. Our First Aid & CPR Instructors are trained to encourage each participant’s personal rate of achievement by recognizing this will vary from one person to the next!
First Aid Courses
Pacific First Aid is a proud Training Partner for the Canadian Red Cross. Select the right program for you. If you are not sure which First Aid course is appropriate for you, don’t hesitate to contact us.
Standard First Aid with Basic Life Support is designed for in-facility care providers (nursing staff, care aides, medical and dental professionals) and pre-hospital care providers (fire service, rescue team, sports-medicine, lifeguards and ski patrol).
This course is designed for people interested in learning comprehensive first aid and cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) skills for the workplace and home. This course is more intensive and covers more topics compared to Emergency First Aid such as spinal and poison related injuries.
This course is designed for caregivers and those that live with children/infants. This course focuses on injury prevention skills & knowledge and lifesaving first aid and cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR and AED) skills for children and infants.
This course is for those who are interested in general first aid. It is focused on basic injuries and emergencies that can occur at home, the workplace or on the road.
This course is designed for people interested in learning cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) skills needed to recognize and respond to cardiovascular emergencies and choking for adults, children and infants depending on the level of CPR course chosen. Course participants will also be trained on the guidelines and use of an automated external defibrillator (AED).
This course is designed for first aid attendants in the workplace, especially those working in industrial building such as manufacturing factories or produce warehouses. Course participants will be trained in emergency care, from minor injury management to the most serious trauma care involving airway, breathing and circulatory emergencies.
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*Please register online or call our office – Once we recieve your registration we will contact you to schedule a date & time!
First Aid Courses
Pacific First Aid is a proud Training Partner for the Canadian Red Cross. Select the right program for you. If you are not sure which First Aid course is appropriate for you, don’t hesitate to contact us.
This course is designed for people interested in learning comprehensive first aid and cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) skills for the workplace and home. This course is more intensive and covers more topics compared to Emergency First Aid such as spinal and poison related injuries.
This course is designed for people interested in learning cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) skills needed to recognize and respond to cardiovascular emergencies and choking for adults, children and infants depending on the level of CPR course chosen. Course participants will also be trained on the guidelines and use of an automated external defibrillator (AED).
This course is designed for first aid attendants in the workplace, especially those working in industrial building such as manufacturing factories or produce warehouses. Course participants will be trained in emergency care, from minor injury management to the most serious trauma care involving airway, breathing and circulatory emergencies.
All Courses
We offer a wide range of courses that meet the needs of anyone over the age of 5 for general interest. For the industry, we offer Workplace courses that meet the requirements for OFA 1 and OFA 2 equivalent and are recognized by WorkSafeBC. If you have a private group and need a course tailored to your needs, we can modify our course content to make sure your requirements are met.
*Please register online or call our office – Once we recieve your registration we will contact you to schedule a date & time!
In the Psychological First Aid – Caring for Others course, learn how to recognize when a person is in distress and how to offer help without judgement or assumptions.
Psychological First Aid is about taking care of yourself and then being there for family and friends when they are having difficulty coping.
In the Psychological First Aid – Self-Care course, learn the effects of stress, with an emphasis on building and using a personal self-care plan. Learn strategies to prevent, recognize, and cope with stress.
Our Preventing Disease Transmission Online course is a virtual only program focused on prevention on the workplace safety and health. Our PDT Online course is $25 / per student and offered to groups of 6 or more who can schedule their time for a 30-40 min zoom session for the demo of using the PPE (personal protective equipment).
This course is for those who are interested in general first aid. It is focused on basic injuries and emergencies that can occur at home, the workplace or on the road.
Standard First Aid with Basic Life Support is designed for in-facility care providers (nursing staff, care aides, medical and dental professionals) and pre-hospital care providers (fire service, rescue team, sports-medicine, lifeguards and ski patrol).
Psychological First Aid Instructors support the delivery of our Psychological First Aid course. Candidates will develop competencies in facilitating case-based learning, and how to support learners in understanding a resiliency-building approach to emotional, psychological, and social well-being.
This course is designed to provide knowledge and skills necessary to administer supplemental oxygen. Participants will learn how to handle O2 equipment and devices. Course can be combined with Basic Life Support training.
This course highlights on the knowledge and skills needed to create a patent airway and the interventions to maintain it. Students will appropriate intervention techniques including measuring and inserting an airway adjunct based on a patient’s condition. Course can be combined with Basic Life Support training.
$95 + tax for online and 1 day classroom course
$145 + tax for 2 day classroom course
This course teaches strategies on how to help those who are experiencing loss, grief and stress as well as self-care. Students will take away coping strategies to prevent, identify and deal with stressful events. Students will be required to complete the online course: Psychological First Aid – Self Care prior to the classroom course. Online course will be 45 – 90 mins of learning and 7 hours of in class learning.
Mental Health First Aid (MHFA) is the help provided to a person developing a mental health problem or experiencing a mental health crisis. Just as physical first aid is administered to an injured person before medical treatment can be obtained, MHFA is given until appropriate treatment is found or until the crisis is resolved.
Class size minimum is 10 participants.
Within the 2 hours, students between the ages of 3 to 5 will be taught the basic skills to prepare themselves for emergencies, how to stay safe in emergency situations and how to survive. No matter how young we are, if we can make a call to 9-1-1/ EMS in the midst of emergency, we might can just save a life. The PFA team will provide an interactive, fun and safe learning environment for the students.
You can contact our Youth Coordinator directly at betty@pacificfirstaid.ca, for booking
$90 CAD
This course is for those who are interested in general first aid. It is focused on basic injuries and emergencies that can occur at home, the workplace or on the road.
Contents Include:
• Red Cross certified training course
• Basic First Aid and CPR skills
• Responding to breathing and airway emergencies
• Responding to physical injuries and caring for wounds
The young aider workshop offers basic first aid and safety skills for students ages 6 to 8. Aiders gain environment awareness, preparing themselves for real disasters and skills to act in an emergency setting. As simple as dialing 9-1-1 can save a life.
Please contact our Youth Coordinator directly at betty@pacificfirstaid.ca, for booking (min 8 students per group)
$10 per student or $80.00 CAD per group (min 8)
This course will help parents keep their kids safe and secure online.
(You can contact our Youth Coordinator directly at betty@pacificfirstaid.ca, for booking)
$10 per student or $80.00 CAD per group
This workshop will increase internet safety awareness
Please contact our Youth Coordinator directly at betty@pacificfirstaid.ca, for booking (minimum 8 per group)
This workshop will increase internet safety awareness
Please contact our Youth Coordinator directly at betty@pacificfirstaid.ca, for booking (min 8 students per group)
The Pleasure Craft Operator Card is the most accepted proof of competency to operate a powered pleasure craft.
Food safety is part of everyone’s job, from the person who receives the food to the person who packages or serves the food. Guests expect safe food and are becoming more concerned about it each day
This course helps players understand what happens to the brain after a blow to the head and why it is so important to stop playing immediately and follow the 6-Step Return to Play Protocol. Participants learn the signs and symptoms of concussion and the long term health consequences associated with repeat concussion.
$34.95 CAD
Introduction to TDG, its regulations and proper training,
In the Transportation of Dangerous Goods (TDG) course you will learn its regulations and proper training
The Medical Terminology course provides an introduction to the professional language used by those who are directly and indirectly involved with the art of healing.
WHMIS Refresher is a hazard communication system designed to ensure workers using hazardous materials, also known as controlled products, have all the necessary information to safely handle, store and dispose of these materials.
Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System (WHMIS) is a hazard communication system designed to ensure workers using hazardous materials, also known as controlled products, have all the necessary information to safely handle, store and dispose of these materials.
The term “Lookout/Tagout” refers to specific practices and procedures to safeguard workers from the unexpected energizing or start-up of machinery and equipment, or the release of hazardous energy during service or maintenance activities.
Youth Leaders support the Red Cross Youth First Aid Programs through the delivery of the Stay Safe!
This is for Instructor Candidates who wish to have their skills evaluated separately.
Instructor candidates whom currently hold a valid Canadian Red Cross First Aid Program Instructor Certification. Providing you with updated Instructor Development tools and resources for your programs.
Instructor candidates whom currently hold a valid Canadian Red Cross First Aid Program Instructor Certification. Providing you with updated Instructor Development tools and resources for your programs.
Instructor candidates who qualify for this transfer pathway are entering into the Instructor Development Program with previous experience as a Canadian Red Cross Water Safety Instructor/Instructor Trainer or are an educator (elementary or secondary level).
Instructor candidates who qualify for this transfer pathway are entering into the Instructor Development Program with previous experience through another recognized First Aid agency.
Learn the fundamentals of instruction, and a classroom component, where you apply these fundamentals under the guidance of a Red Cross Instructor Trainer.
$75.00 CAD
This course teaches how to operate various oxygen devices as well as how to respond and treat respiratory emergencies.
This course is designed for people interested in learning comprehensive first aid and cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) skills for the workplace and home. This course is more intensive and covers more topics compared to Emergency First Aid such as spinal and poison related injuries.
This course is designed for first aid attendants in the workplace, especially those working in industrial building such as manufacturing factories or produce warehouses. Course participants will be trained in emergency care, from minor injury management to the most serious trauma care involving airway, breathing and circulatory emergencies.
$65.00 CAD
The Canadian Red Cross Babysitting Course is updated for today’s youth with the precaution that emergencies sometimes do happen, even to the best babysitters.
This course is designed for caregivers and those that live with children/infants. This course focuses on injury prevention skills & knowledge and lifesaving first aid and cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR and AED) skills for children and infants.
$68.00 CAD
This course will cover all the components of CPR skills, including bag-valve-mask and pulse checks. This course are recommended for health care professionals, and those who need the highest level of CPR training (Paramedic, Fire, RN, LPN, and Physicians).
$68.00 CAD
This course will cover all the components of CPR skills, including bag-valve-mask and pulse checks. This course are recommended for health care professionals, and those who need the highest level of CPR training (Paramedic, Fire, RN, LPN, and Physicians).
This course is designed for people interested in learning cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) skills needed to recognize and respond to cardiovascular emergencies and choking for adults, children and infants depending on the level of CPR course chosen. Course participants will also be trained on the guidelines and use of an automated external defibrillator (AED).
$19.95 CAD
No one expects a fire, emergency or other disaster to occur in their workplace. It is important to remember that these misfortunes can strike anyone, anytime, and in any workplace. Fires in the workplace cause extensive injury and property loss. If a fire started in your home or workplace would you know what to do?
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