Become A Lifeguard With First Aid & CPR Training

Coast to Coast First Aid is now inviting young individuals to a program that combines international and local expertise to produce the best quality First Aid training for lifeguards.

Getting your first aid training is all about being able to save lives, but being a Lifeguard is to make it your profession. Our program is based on the best practices as shown by the Canadian Red Cross, the highest standard for first aid training in Canada. Our own program takes it a step forward and offers smaller training groups, better equipped facilities and centers all around Ontario and the GTA. This allows you to avoid the need for lengthy travel and choose the training center in the vicinity of your own home.

We have training facilities for CPR and First Aid in Toronto, Mississauga, Brampton, North York, and many other areas and municipalities. We make it easy for you to get your first aid certification and proceed to become a lifeguard next. Our trainers are all either ex health care providers with vast experience or ex Red Cross trainers, with both hands on expertise and teaching experience. In addition to rigorous professional screening, each instructor also gets in-house training to make absolutely sure all of our courses are uniform and deliver training of impeccable quality.

Learning the trade of a lifeguard not only puts you in a position to save lives, but opens possibilities for gainful employment in Canada as well as overseas. Many young men and women use this as an opportunity to earn money while traveling, hiring out as lifeguards on hot vacation spots and cruise ships, essentially paying their way on board by working there. In addition to this and our extensive first aid and CPR training options, we also have a Learn to Swim program for children and adults. Swimming is one of the essential life skills, not to mention a healthy form of exercise and highly recommended sport.

Our schools offer swimming lessons that are conducted in a professional yet fun and friendly atmosphere, perfect for children.

As a Red Cross partner, we are one of the best first aid CPR training schools in Ontario. Our variety of hands-on and online first aid courses is wider than most other companies, and our excellence in the field is unmatched.

Whether your aim is to become a lifeguard, or just to know essential life saving techniques to keep your loved ones safe, we are here for you.

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Why Everyone Should Go For First Aid CPR Training

Summer is here and it brings it own set of season related dangers. It is not new that we are fragile creatures, and it’s mostly the realization of just how fragile we are that keeps us safe most of the time. Caution is often not enough, and dangers tend to catch us unawares. That’s where we need to be able to take care of others and ourselves. Often being able to do that will mean the difference between life or death.

The American Red Cross has identified some pretty alarming statistics on this topic. This statistic is for all of North America, but it’s still very relevant to us here in Canada.

  • The leading cause of death for children below 4 is drowning.
  • A child that age can drown as fast as within one minute.
  • 88 percent of all cardiac arrest scenarios occur at home.
  • The number of cardiac arrest victims that survive is below 7%.
  • The reason for that is because people near them didn’t know CPR.
  • The number of people killed by cardiac arrest is over 200,000 a year.
  • Over a quarter of the people who die of cardiac arrest could be saved.

People often die in these situation because people witnessing this horrifying event simply didn’t know what to do. CPR is needed when reviving a cardiac arrest victim or a drowning victim. This alone is reason enough to go and enroll in First Aid CPR training in Toronto or in any one of our other learning centres.

Waiting for 911 to arrive is delivering a death sentence. The time it takes for permanent death or brain death to occur in an adult during cardiac arrest or drowning is only 4-6 minutes. This time is shorter still in the case of a child. When a person drowns or falls down with a stopped heart, the paramedics simply won’t be there on time.

It is up to the people witnessing the event to step in and administer the necessary help to the dying person. There are many free Red Cross CPR classes you can take, or go for the more extensive and full First Aid CPR training we are offering in our many teaching centres.

First Aid CPR training is crucial in too many situations to ignore. It is our firm belief that every adult, especially family people with kids, should know those life saving techniques.

Let us be there for you and help you one day be there for another human being in need.

Avoid Hidden Health Risks With a Red Cross CPR Course

One of the problems with health emergencies is that they always come without warning.

They don’t call ahead to ask if we’re ready or not. They just occur.

It can happen at any time and anywhere at all. If you are in a public pace and suffer from an injury and/or cardiac arrest, there’s a larger chance there’s someone there who’s First Aid certified. But what do you do when a loved one gets hurt, only you’re out camping or somewhere an ambulance will take too long to reach?

Moreover, what if some risks can be avoided if spotted on time?

There are precluding symptoms for a heart attack or cardiac arrest you can spot if you took a Red Cross CPR course.

Our online CPR certification is often sufficient to spot, identify, and act on precluding symptoms and prevent a health disaster from occurring in the first place.

A Red Cross CPR course can also help you be more aware of external dangers that may cause injury or cardiac arrest. We all know that electricity is dangerous, but not everybody understands that even a small current can cause cardiac arrest or heart failure when there’s a preexisting condition or exacerbating factors.

Air flow is also important. A trained individual who knows their First Aid will be able to tell if a room is ventilated well enough or not. Someone who lost consciousness can be revived if you apply the correct CPR compression ratio but it may still not work if there’s not enough oxygen reaching the brain.

Proper procedures in performing CPR are also crucial. One of the things you learn in a Red Cross CPR course is to identify causes of cardiac arrest and other nuances which need to be considered. For example, performing CPR on a car accident victim may put them in more danger if their ribs or spine were damaged in the crash.

A big portion of our offline and online CPR certification program is dedicated to preventing health hazards and disasters so that you won’t need to treat them in the first place. Some of it is dedicated to performing it well without increasing risks.

The three examples we listed above are only a few among many things you should know if you wish to be ready for an emergency.

Enlist to one of our CPR courses. Learn more and be sure you are prepared.

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Importance Of CPR Training In Richmond Hill

When we think of CPR training, the situations we picture are very extreme scenarios.

We keep thinking they are not going to happen to us… up until the moment they occur. We try to keep our families safe, watch over our kids and hope for the best.

The problem is, when disaster strikes, it always comes without warning.

And the difference between life and death is often not the 911 response time. What it often really depends on is whether there’s someone around who took a CPR course.

If you are still considering whether you should seek out and take our CPR training in Richmond Hill, here’s a question that can help anyone decide.

Do you want to know what to do when your child goes into cardiac arrest?

When you call 911 and wait for the paramedics to arrive as your loved one is slipping away from you – CPR training may be the only hope they have.

Even if the ambulance is minutes away, the chances of survival in cardiac arrest drastically increase if cardiopulmonary resuscitation is performed on the spot. That’s why you need to take our course for CPR training in Richmond Hill – for that one time the life of a relative or friend is in your hands.

Causes of Cardiac Arrest

There are many reasons that could cause cardiac arrest, but before we go into them, let’s define what it is first.

Cardiac arrest is characterised by:

1. Sudden Collapse
2. Lack of Pulse
3. Absence of Breathing
4. Loss of Consciousness

Once you see those symptoms in a victim, performing CPR may be the only thing that can save their life.

The list of things that may cause it is very long. Here are a few:

1. Heart conditions such as coronary artery disease, heart attacks, pulse problems
2. Drowning (inhalation of water into the lungs)
3. Electrocution or extreme pain
4. Choking (from gas or obstruction of the breathing tract)
5. Trauma, such as falling or being hit by something

There are multiple situations in life where one can suffer from cardiac arrest without any previous conditions. One can get hit by a car while crossing the road, or drown in a lake.

That’s when your Richmond Hill CPR course will seem like a godsend.

Finally, taking our Richmond Hill or Brampton First Aid course will sometimes allow you to spot cardiac arrest before it happens.

By observing precluding symptoms such as fatigue, fainting, dizziness, chest pain or vomiting, a person trained in CPR can sometimes not just treat but prevent cardiac arrest.

Be ready to save a life. Call us now and enlist to one of our town of Richmond Hill first aid courses. We’re here to help you be there for others.

How To Handle A CPR Emergency in North York?

A CPR emergency can be one of two things – a terrifying, mind numbing disaster, or a challenge. A frightful challenge, to be sure, but one that you can overcome, given the necessary tools and knowledge necessary for the struggle.

Our North York CPR courses are here to provide people with the necessary skills to determine whether CPR is needed, and then provide this lifesaving technique with calm efficiency.

In this blog we will cover a few basic mistakes that can make an inexperienced or overly stressed person fail in performing CPR.

Always tilt the victim’s head back. Being unconscious often means the victim is suffering from a breathing obstruction. The purpose of CPR is to deliver oxygen-rich blood to their brain. Not allowing for the oxygen to enter the lungs by positioning the victim’s head at a specific angle is the first bad mistake you can make and will likely result in loss of life.

Count out every pump. Performing at least a hundred artificial heart beats a minute over the course of several minutes is physically exhausting. Keeping yourself concentrated on the effort by counting it out loud is necessary. Especially if you need to be replaced by someone else and they’ll need to know the count in order to continue exactly from where you left off.

Apply adequate pressure. This is one of the most important components of our CPR training in North York. It is also emphasized by the standard Red Cross CPR training program. Adequate pressure is essential to keep the blood circulating. There is an understandable fear of hurting the victim, but in this type of emergency it’s misguided and dangerous.

Focus on the compressions. Prioritizing mouth to mouth resuscitation has been proven to be a mistake. When you pump on the victim’s chest, the lungs also contract and draw in fresh air. When you pause to give breath, you stop pumping, which is far more important.

Always assess the victim’s response. Check the carotid vessel for pulse before starting and repeat the check for pulse at regular intervals. There will be no breathless awakening like in the films. Chances are the breath and pulse will be restored (not necessarily in that order) but the victim will still remain unconscious. It’s up to you to register their condition when it changes.

This advice is not by any means a substitute for proper CPR training. It is here to show you there are many things to learn if you want to save a life one day.

We honestly hope this day never comes, but it’s our job and commitment to help you be prepared for it, if and when it does. Call us now to enroll to our North York CPR training and get your cardiopulmonary certification.

Should First Aid & CPR Training Be Mandatory In Offices?

This is a debate that’s been going on for quite a time now.

It has a partial answer, with certain workplaces making red cross first aid and CPR training mandatory, but the phenomenon is far from being commonplace.

It is no small thing to be prepared for a medical emergency, especially in lines of work such as mechanical garages, construction sites and chemical labs. Some of those even have an in-house medical facility or infirmary to treat emergencies quickly on the spot.

Most other places are only required to carry a fully stocked first aid kit per number of employees, located in visible, easily reached places.

Let us examine Canadian law regarding first aid in the workplace.

Standards and Regulations

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has a defined outline of what the contents of the first aid kit should be and how many kits should be in place. The first aid kit should contain 1-2 of each of its items in case of a small business (up to three employees). When the number of employees increases, the stock of first aid items in the kit has to be increased.

This is only first aid equipment however. What about red cross first aid and CPR training?

Police officers, Child Care Providers, Adult Family Home Providers and Resident Managers, Confined Space Workers, Logging Operations Workers, Electric Power Generation, Members of a Dive Team, Construction Subpart Transmission/Distribution Workers and only a handful of other professions are actually required to get red cross first aid certified.

The sad thing is there is no such obligation in most other workplaces, with every employer making their own rules.

We gave the example of OSHA regulations for first aid kits to emphasize a point. There is a government regulated rule as to what to keep on the site for cases of burns, cuts or bruises, but nothing, nothing at all, about teaching people how to use those tools. Or how to react when those tools are inadequate, such as during a cardiac or respiratory arrest.

Happily, many businesses are becoming aware of the practical sense of having a staff that knows how to deal with a medical emergency. Offices take the steps to get their staff Red Cross first aid and CPR certified to increase everyone’s safety.

If your workplace is not on board with this yet, now is the time. Get your employees red cross first aid and CPR trained and create a better, safer workplace.

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Save Life With First Aid Course In Toronto

Every season has its own set of dangers, and winter hasn’t quite left us this year. Let’s therefore talk about cold-related health hazards and how our first aid course in Toronto can help you deal with them.

It’s true that Canadian winter has been coming and going a lot in recent years, but it’s still notoriously cold.

We love spending time outdoors. Skiing, sledding, skating and even camping in the cold, crisp weather, are only a few of the favourite Canadian pastimes.

But with fun in extreme weather also come cold-related risks that we need to be able to recognize, prevent, and – in case that didn’t work – deal with, very very quickly. And all those risks usually sum up to one major risk – hypothermia.

Hypothermia is a cold-caused medical crisis with various degrees of danger, ranging from health failure all the way to severe risk of death. Let’s examine different degrees of this condition.

Mild Hypothermia – there’s no risk to the person’s life yet. The symptoms will be numbness of their fingers and toes, a sensation of cold and possibly mild weakness. You don’t need to take a Toronto first aid course to be able to treat this. The person needs to be warmed up, no urgent measures are necessary.

Moderate Hypothermia – this is where your Toronto first aid course may already come in handy. There is still no grave danger, but the risk of going into severe hypothermia is very high. The core temperature of the body, not only the extremities, begins to decline. It is usually marked by rapid shivering, with the thinking becoming sluggish and clouded. Warm the person up but do it slowly, to avoid the danger of heart arrhythmias.

Severe Hypothermia – here is where the person faces a risk of losing their life. Advanced medical care is needed and quickly. This condition happens when the core temperature declines below 30 degrees, cooling the blood and internal organs so much they may actually fail. This condition is recognizable however. The person will be so numb as to stop complaining about the cold. The shivers will cease, but their behavior will remain impaired with loss of coordination and a possibility of losing consciousness.

The reason everyone needs to take a Toronto first aid course is to be able to tell those conditions apart and to be able to treat them correctly.

We are here for you and also have standard first aid and CPR C recertification courses available for those who need to renew them. Get certified today, save a life tomorrow. Visit our Toronto CPR & first aid training facilities at Coast2Coast today.

Why Do You Need CPR Training In Toronto?

This question is simple and the answer seems simple enough as well – to help someone who’s been injured, or fell badly ill. This is true enough, but definitely not elaborate enough.

The fact is most of us go through our daily lives practically without knowing how dangerous it can become. And it always becomes dangerous all of a sudden. Accidents and health failures never send us an advance notice. And the sheer number of things that can happen is sometimes shocking.

Here are a few reasons why we should all seek, and encourage others to take a course for CPR certification in Toronto.

Treating Children.

A parent who doesn’t know CPR is taking a great risk. Those small individuals are devilishly cunning at putting themselves in harm’s way. Falling down, running into things and suffocating on toys or candy are among the most popular ways they entertain themselves. When the injury is severe and the child’s heart has stopped or there is no breathing, regular CPR performed on adults can make things worse. You need to be trained for Childcare First Aid and CPR.

Seeing Trouble in Advance.

When you take training CPR in Toronto, you won’t only know how to deal with a heart attack – you might be able to prevent it or at least mitigate the effect. It will simply be obvious what’s happening from the first symptoms – something you might confuse for hyperventilation from a run otherwise. Then you will have time, maybe moments, but moments more than you’d have had should you not know it for what it is. Those moments are often all the time you need. Having them is crucial when saving a life.

When Help is Far Away.

Do you travel? How about outdoor picnics? Near water? Maybe with a BBQ set? Far from the city where response times are faster. Where you’re the only person who can help your injured loved one – you’ll wish you knew what to do. Trips, falls, burns, drownings – all those happen in back yards too, but they are far more deadly out there, on the road or in the park.

Those were only a few reasons that make our CPR training and heart 2 heart first aid CPR in Toronto Ontario very important and necessary for everyone.

Help us help you save a life, and all of us will have a better, safer place to live.

Understanding The Use Of First Aid Training In Mississauga

When we hear about First Aid, it is often associated with serious disasters. It is something you need when someone is bleeding to death or has just stopped breathing.

While it is true that those situations are when you will wish for dear life that someone around knew first aid, those are not the only situations where you might make use for the skills first aid training can grant you.

If you took first aid training in Mississauga, in one of our centers or elsewhere, you already know the use and significance of first aid in our daily lives.

Here are a few benefits of taking free CPR training in Brampton will grant you, let alone a full first aid CPR course. To make a long story short, in addition to being able to help, you also learn to see avoid dangers.

Cardiac Arrest is Not only Reversible – it is Preventable.

The course walks you not just through valuable techniques to help you battle cardiac arrest. It also helps you see it before it happens. What may seem like someone being just a bit pale from exertion will become an apparent first sign of a heart attack or cardiac arrest gearing up to occur. Noticing this allows you to respond proactively, take charge of the situation and possibly prevent it from occurring altogether.

This alone may seem like a blessing to many, and should be sufficient to get you on board with a beginner first aid training in Mississauga.

Minor Burns are Sometimes Not so Minor

A camping trip with the family leads to someone getting burned from spilled firewood or BBQ charcoal. Not an impossible situation, right? Hardly a disaster either, no?

No. When a person is burned, he or she may grab the next beer and get back to the picnic, not noticing the burn is worse than it seems. The burn can fester or get worse if not treated. Knowing first aid will allow you to tell the difference. They may not be in mortal danger, but who knows how much worse it will get if not taken care of?

Last Line of Defence in a Disaster

Finally, when a real disaster does strike you want to be ready. It never feels like it’s going to happen to you. It is always a surprise, and when it happens, there is no greater feeling of regret and helplessness than sitting over a suffering friend, not knowing what to do that would help them get better.

Make sure you’re there for a loved one in need, take a course for first aid training in Mississauga. We have a variety of Red Cross first aid courses for you to choose from in a variety of convenient locations in the area.

Become a Red Cross Certified First Aid and CPR Instructor

Red Cross Instructor Course

There’s a question frequently asked by people who’d taken CPR classes online or attended one of our Red Cross CPR courses. What’s the next step? How can you become a Red Cross first aid instructor to even better help people in need?

Well, first there are different types of Red Cross instructors, divided by specialisation and level of training, and while you might wish to qualify for all of them, the courses should be taken one at a time.

Once you know exactly what you want to learn, there’s also a list of prerequisites you need to have in order to qualify for the course. In order to instruct a Red Cross CPR course or teach First Aid, you need to:

  • Have a valid Red Cross Standard First Aid CPR HCP/AED certificate.
  • Be at least 18 years of age, or
  • Hold a valid instructor certificate from a recognised provider (optional)

The last one is not necessary, but if you have the certificate, it can speed you up in the process by possibly qualifying you for an instructor transfer course.

Let’s however examine the scenario when you have no training or certification.

This is when you need to go and get your Red Cross Standard First Aid and CPR HCP/AED certificate. Then you qualify for the next step, and can now take the 32 hour Red Cross instructors’ course. Fill out a form here to get on board, and we’ll offer you a choice of dates and CPR course locations to choose for your convenience. We can also provide any additional information you require to get the training and certification.

Coincidentally, if you are currently a certified Red Cross instructor and wish to find employment and lead first aid training in Brampton or in one of our many centers, contact us and we’ll be happy for you to join our family.

Finally, if you hold a certification for first aid and/or CPR instruction from another organisation and wish to get it validated to qualify as a Red Cross instructor, we can help you with that as well.

Contact us today and see what the process is. It only requires a brief refresher and a quick exam instead of the full training a certification from scratch would entail.

Any questions we haven’t answered? Don’t hesitate to call, comment or email us. We’ll gladly answer all of them.

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Getting Red Cross Instructor Certification

Benefits of becoming a Red Cross Certified First Aid and CPR Instructor

Discover the invaluable skills and opportunities available through Red Cross certification as a First Aid and CPR instructor. Teaching these critical techniques not only equips individuals with life-saving abilities but also enhances personal knowledge, fosters community resilience, and opens doors to fulfilling career paths. Dive into the world of emergency preparedness and make a tangible difference in your community.
  1. Ability to Educate and Empower: You can teach life-saving skills to others, empowering them to respond effectively in emergencies and potentially save lives.
  2. Enhanced Personal Knowledge: Deepen your understanding of first aid and CPR principles through teaching, reinforcing your own skills and confidence.
  3. Professional Development: Certification enhances your resume and demonstrates your commitment to safety and emergency preparedness.
  4. Community Impact: Contribute positively to your community by equipping individuals and workplaces with essential life-saving skills.
  5. Leadership Opportunities: Gain experience in leadership and instructional roles, fostering communication and teaching abilities.
  6. Continuous Learning: Stay updated with the latest techniques and protocols in first aid and CPR through ongoing training and instructor updates.
  7. Job Opportunities: Increase your employability in fields such as healthcare, education, fitness, and safety training.
  8. Personal Fulfillment: Experience the satisfaction of knowing you’ve equipped others with skills that can make a significant difference in emergency situations.