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St. John Ambulance Level A CPR and Life-Saver Course

(This course is open to the public and is a non-CPS course)


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Course Duration: 4-6 Hours (one day)

Date: Course has been cancelled due to low registration. (updated 19 Apr 10)

Location: St John Ambulance, 5 Corvus Court, Ottawa, K2E 7Z4 (Hunt Club / Prince of Wales –off Auriga Drive)

Cost: $51 per person (non-taxable) payable with confirmation to the Ottawa Power & Sail Squadron.  Send cheque to confirm position prior to Fri 30 April (to ensure receipt via the mail) to:

Canadian Power and Sail Squadron
c/o Al Syberg
7 Cleadon Drive
Ottawa, ON   K2H 5P5


Registration: Via website registration. We will need a minimum of 10 people to ensure the course is conducted.  Monies are fully refundable if attendance is cancelled up to 48 hours before the session.

This highly interactive 2-part introductory, non-certificate course is designed to teach essential first aid and most emergency life-saving skills. It's ideal for busy people.

CPR Course Topics Include :

The “Adult” Level Heartsaver CPR course can provide you with the knowledge and skill to help you save a member of the family, a close friend or perhaps the person next to you, because heart attacks can strike anyone, anytime. This CPR course is ideal for the general public, business, industry and education.

• contacting emergency medical services
• causes and prevention of heart disease and stroke
• recognition and first aid for Heart Attack and Stroke
• choking-adult
• one rescuer CPR for adult
• introduction to AED

LIFE SAVER Course Topics Include :
Too many times, help comes too late.
A child chokes.
A swimmer drowns.
A few seconds of first aid could have saved a life.

This St. John Ambulance Lifesaver course is designed specifically to teach essential lifesaving first aid skills to people of all ages—people "who always meant to learn first aid, but never had the time".  Too many times, help comes too late. A child chokes. A swimmer drowns.
A few seconds of first aid could have saved a life.

You will learn:
• emergency scene management
• how to care for shock
• what to do when someone stops breathing
• how to help a person who is choking
• how to control severe bleeding
• how to care for someone who has fainted and is unconscious
• what to do if poisoning is suspected
• how to care for burns

Wear casual clothing, and bring your own lunch, snacks etc. (There is a Tim Hortons nearby)


REGISTER ONLINE
HERE


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