CPR for Health Care Providers

Course provides the skills needed to recognize and respond to cardiovascular emergencies and choking for adults, children, and babies; use of an automated external defibrillator (AED); and additional skills for healthcare providers. Includes the latest CPR guidelines.

DURATION
6 hours in-class

INSTRUCTOR CPR
Instructor or First Aid Instructor

PREREQUISITE
None

COMPLETION
• Successfully demonstrate skills and critical steps
• Min. 75% mark for written knowledge evaluation
• Attend and participate in 100% of the course CERTIFICATION 3 year certification in CPR Level HCP RECERTIFICATION 5 hours in-class

COURSE CONTENT
• The Red Cross
• Responding to Emergencies
• Check, Call, Care
• Recovery position
• Choking – adult, child and baby
• Assisting with medications
• Angina and heart attack
• Stroke
• One-rescuer CPR and AED– adult, child and baby
• Deadly bleeding
• Jaw Thrust
• Pulse check
• Rescue breathing – adult, child and baby
• BVM – adult, child and baby
• Two-rescuer CPR and AED – adult, child and baby PARTICIPANT MATERIALS
• CPR (manual from the Canadian Red Cross)
• Comprehensive Guide to First Aid & CPR (eBook)
• HCP Participant Content Download
• CPR HCP certificate