Standard Child Care First Aid

Comprehensive two-day course offering lifesaving first aid skills, cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) skills, and injury prevention skills and knowledge, with a focus on childhood injuries and illnesses. Includes the latest first aid and CPR guidelines and meets legislation requirements for provincial/territorial early childhood education and day care worker safety requirements*.

Duration

  • Minimum 16 hours in-class 

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 Standard Child Care First Aid

Recertification

  • 8 hours in-class* 

Course Content

  • The Red Cross
  • Responding to Emergencies
  • The EMS system
  • Check, Call, Care
  • Airway emergencies
  • Breathing and Circulation emergencies - child and baby
  • First aid for respiratory and cardiac arrest – child and baby
  • Wound care
  • Head, Neck and spinal injuries
  • Bone, Muscle and Joint injuries
  • Sudden Medical Emergencies
  • Environmental Illnesses
  • Poisons
  • Childhood Illnesses
  • Caring for Children

Includes any other content required by specific legislation

Participant Materials

  • Child Care First Aid (print and/or eBook)
  • Comprehensive Guide to First Aid & CPR (eBook)
  • Standard Child Care First Aid certificate (digital certificate issued upon successful completion)
  • Printable version - Standard Child Care First Aid

    • *Check local legislation to determine certification level, maintenance, and recertification requirements. redcross.ca/firstaidlegislation