First Aid and CPR

UofC Staff and Faculty please download and fill out a First Aid & CPR certification program request form.

Blended Intermediate First Aid and CPR/AED – Level C

The Canadian Red Cross First Aid and CPR programs provide lifesaving first aid skills and knowledge. This blended learning course offers first aid and cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) skills for those who need training due to work requirements or who want more knowledge to respond to emergencies at home. Blended learning is a combination of in-class and interactive online instruction. This course meets the legislation requirements for provincial/territorial worker safety and insurance boards and includes the latest first aid and CPR guidelines.

Participants will complete an online component before coming to the university to complete their in-person training.

UCalgary Staff and Faculty please download and fill out a First Aid & CPR certification program request form.

Blended CPR/AED – Level C

The Canadian Red Cross CPR courses provide lifesaving cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) skills and knowledge. This blended learning course offers the skills needed to recognize and respond to cardiovascular emergencies and choking for adults, children, and babies. Blended learning is a combination of in-class and interactive online instruction. This course meets the legislation requirements for provincial/territorial worker safety and insurance boards, and include the latest CPR guidelines and training in the use of an automated external defibrillator (AED).

Participants will complete an online component before coming to the university to complete their in-person training.

UCalgary Staff and Faculty please download and fill out a First Aid & CPR certification program request form.
 

RECERTIFICATION – Blended Intermediate First Aid and CPR/AED – Level C

The Canadian Red Cross First Aid and CPR programs provide lifesaving first aid skills and knowledge. This blended learning course offers a refresher on first aid and cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) skills for those who need to recertify their training due to work requirements or who want more knowledge to respond to emergencies at home. Blended learning is a combination of in-class and interactive online instruction. This course meets the legislation requirements for provincial/territorial worker safety and insurance boards and includes the latest first aid and CPR guidelines.

You must have a current certification in Intermediate First Aid and CPR-C to take this course.

Participants will complete an online component before coming to the university to complete their in-person training.

UCalgary Staff and Faculty please download and fill out a First Aid & CPR certification program request form.

RECERTIFICATION – Blended CPR/AED – Level C

The Canadian Red Cross CPR courses provide lifesaving cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) skills and knowledge. This blended learning course offers a refresher on the skills needed to recognize and respond to cardiovascular emergencies and choking for adults, children, and babies. Blended learning is a combination of in-class and interactive online instruction. This course meets the legislation requirements for provincial/territorial worker safety and insurance boards, and include the latest CPR guidelines and training in the use of an automated external defibrillator (AED).

You must have a current certification in CPR-C to take this course

Participants will complete an online component before coming to the university to complete their in-person training.

UCalgary Staff and Faculty please download and fill out a First Aid & CPR certification program request form.

Intermediate First Aid and CPR/AED – Level C

The Canadian Red Cross First Aid and CPR programs provide lifesaving first aid skills and knowledge. This comprehensive two-day course offers first aid and cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) skills for those who need training due to work requirements or who want more knowledge to respond to emergencies at home. This course meets the legislation requirements for provincial/territorial worker safety and insurance boards and includes the latest first aid and CPR guidelines.

UCalgary Staff and Faculty please download and fill out a First Aid & CPR certification program request form.

CPR/AED – Level C

The Canadian Red Cross CPR courses provide lifesaving cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) skills and knowledge. This course offers the skills needed to recognize and respond to cardiovascular emergencies and choking for adults, children, and babies. This course meets the legislation requirements for provincial/territorial worker safety and insurance boards, and include the latest CPR guidelines and training in the use of an automated external defibrillator (AED).

UCalgary Staff and Faculty please download and fill out a First Aid & CPR certification program request form.

RECERTIFICATION – Intermediate First Aid and CPR/AED – Level C

The Canadian Red Cross First Aid and CPR programs provide lifesaving first aid skills and knowledge. This comprehensive one-day course offers a refresher on first aid and cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) skills for those who need to recertify their training due to work requirements or who want more knowledge to respond to emergencies at home. This course meets the legislation requirements for provincial/territorial worker safety and insurance boards and includes the latest first aid and CPR guidelines.

You must have a current certification in Intermediate First Aid and CPR-C to take this course

UCalgary Staff and Faculty please download and fill out a First Aid & CPR certification program request form.

RECERTIFICATION – CPR/AED – Level C

The Canadian Red Cross CPR courses provide lifesaving cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) skills and knowledge. This course offers a refresher on the skills needed to recognize and respond to cardiovascular emergencies and choking for adults, children, and babies. This course meets the legislation requirements for provincial/territorial worker safety and insurance boards, and include the latest CPR guidelines and training in the use of an automated external defibrillator (AED).

You must have a current certification in CPR-C to take this course

UCalgary Staff and Faculty please download and fill out a First Aid & CPR certification program request form.

Red Cross First Aid Instructor Recertification

The Canadian Red Cross First Aid Instructor Development Programs trains and certified Instructors to organize and deliver First Aid & CPR courses. Instructors are trained to apply an individualized approach focusing on injury prevention, elarning styles and a variety of instruction techniques that consider the abiliites, ages and needs of each participant.

The course allows current Red Cross First Aid Instructors to refresh their skills and extend their certification for another 3 years.

Babysitting Course

This course offers basic first aid and caregiving skills for youth 11-15 years old. Participants learn how to provide care to children in a variety of age groups, and how to prevent and respond to emergencies.  The course also offers youth the skills to promote themselves as babysitters to prospective families.

Red Cross First Aid Instructor

First Aid and CPR Instructors support the Red Cross First Aid Program through the delivery of First Aid and CPR courses. This course provides candidates with the knowledge and skills to teach Emergency and Standard First Aid, CPR/AED, Marine Basic First Aid, and Emergency and Standard Child Care First Aid. This program is designed to prepare you to support dynamic, learner-centered classroom environments. It includes how to teach and facilitate, individual and group assignments, practice teaching, injury prevention principles, inclusion, and progressive learning.

This course includes the first three steps involves in the pathway to becoming a certified First Aid & CPR Instructor. You must successfully complete each step before advancing to the next step.
1) Skills Evaluation
2a) Fundamentals of Instruction - Online Component
2b) Fundamentals of Instruction - Classroom Component
3) Discipline Specific Classroom Component

At the end of the course, the instruction will give you instructions on how to set up your final step of the certification process, the Teaching Experience.

If you are currently certified as a First Aid Instructor through another recognized First Aid agency, you can find Red Cross First Aid Instructor: Transfer Option 1 course offerings here.
If you are currently certified as a Canadian Red Cross Water Safety Instructor/Instructor Trainer or are an educator (elementary or secondary level), you can find Red Cross First Aid Instructor: Transfer Option 2 course offerings here.

First Responder Recertification

The First Responder program teaches First Aid and CPR skills for professional first responders or those wanting to become first responders. This recertification course reviews techniques for sustaining life, preventing further injuries, and caring for illnesses and injuries until the next level of medical personnel arrives. 

All participants are required to hold a current recognized First Responder certification.

First Responder

Pre-hospital care and CPR skills for professional first responders or those wanting to become first responders. This course teaches techniques for sustaining life, preventing further injuries, and caring for illnesses and injuries until the next level of medical personnel arrives. Includes CPR/AED Level HCP.

Lifesaving First Aid Instructor Recert (LFAIR)

Lifesaving Society's First Aid Instructor Recert

Psychological First Aid

This Canadian Red Cross course equips learners in developing a personal understanding of the effects of stress, loss, trauma and grief on others with an emphasis on self-care and personal protection. The course uses primarily case-based learning and teaches learners how to support themselves and others with the effcts of various kinds of stress.

Some online learning is required before the start of class.

UCalgary Students your $25 student voucher may be used towards this course fee. Please phone our registration line (403-220-7749) or come in person to have your voucher applied.

UCalgary Staff and Faculty please download and fill out a First Aid & CPR certification program request form.