Course description
This course is intended for health care providers (physicians, nurses, paramedics and allied healthcare providers, e.g. RT, OT, PT) and individuals in the workplace or at home. This is a comprehensive Red Cross course which covers injury preventions and care in life-threatening situations including: choking skills, rescue breathing, CPR techniques for adults, children and infants, introduction to autonomic external defibrillators, bag-valve masks, prevention of disease transmission and treatment of severe bleeding. This course also covers musculo-skeletal and soft tissue injuries, head and spine injuries, sudden medical emergencies and poisoning. Upon successful completion, a certificate from the Canadian Red Cross will be issued.
Course details
Credit transfer
Have you taken this course or an equivalent course? Contact the Credit Transfer Office.
Course equivalencies
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Registration dates
Not all courses are offered each term.
Fall 2026 registration is open.Winter 2027 registration opens November 2, 2026.
Delivery options
In person: classes held in person on a campus/site in a classroom/lab/shop/studio for the course duration
Online - Asynchronous: 100% online delivery, no scheduled day or time course requirements with the instructor, assigned due dates
Online - Synchronous: 100% online delivery, scheduled day and time course requirements with the instructor, assigned due dates
Hybrid: any combination of in person, timetabled, on campus, online, and hyflex delivery