First aid and cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) training
| COVID-19
Courses are cancelled until further notice. |
All of our community courses are given at our training centre at 81 Summerhill Avenue in Pointe-Claire.
For groups of 6 or more people, we can provide our courses at our training centre at your convenience. For groups of 8 or more, we can go to you. Please contact us to set up a day and time.
Did you know?
What is CPR?
Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) is an emergency procedure involving chest compressions (pressing down on the chest) and artificial respiration (rescue breathing). It has the power to restore blood flow to someone suffering cardiac arrest, keeping them alive until an ambulance arrives.
What is cardiac arrest?
A cardiac arrest is when the heart stops beating regularly and can no longer pump blood through the body. There are a variety of causes – heart attack, drowning, stroke, electrocution, suffocation or other trauma.
Why get trained?
Once the heart stops pumping, seconds count. For every minute that passes without help, a person’s chance of surviving drops by about 10 percent. But if you know how to respond to a cardiac arrest, their odds of survival and recovery may increase by 30 percent or more.
Learning CPR is easy and inexpensive – just a few hours could make an important difference in someone’s life.
Courses
Heartsaver CPR AED
This 4 hour course includes the following:
- How high-quality CPR improves survival
- The concepts of the Chain of Survival
- Recognizing when someone needs CPR
- Adult CPR and AED use
- Adult choking relief
The target population is lifeguards, teachers, and lay public.
All participants will receive a completion card from the Heart and Stroke Foundation valid for 2 years.
This course is not provided on a regular basis but can be scheduled for groups of 6 or more. The cost is 65$ per person.
Registration
514-630-1202, carole.lefebvre@pointe-claire.ca, alana.mabe@pointe-claire.ca
Heartsaver CPR and AED + Child + Infant
This 4 hour course includes the following:
- How high-quality CPR improves survival
- The concepts of the Chain of Survival
- Recognizing when someone needs CPR
- Adult and child CPR, AED use and chocking relief
- Infant CPR and choking relief
All participants will receive a completion card from the Heart and Stroke Foundation valid for 2 years.
Schedule and cost
| Participants | Dates | Schedule | Cost* Resident |
Cost Non-res. |
| Teachers, students, members of the community, parents, lifeguards, police officers, fire fighters. |
*Group of 6 or more: $71 per person
Registration
514-630-1202, carole.lefebvre@pointe-claire.ca, alana.mabe@pointe-claire.ca
Basic Life Support (formerly Healthcare provider CPR)
This 5 hour course includes the following:
- CPR for adults, children and infants
- Two rescuer CPR for adults, children and infants
- Treatment of adult, child and infant choking victims
- Automated External Defibrillation (AED) certification
- How to effectively use a pocket mask and Bag Valve mask (BVM)
All participants will receive a completion card from the Heart and Stroke Foundation valid for 2 years.
Schedule and cost
| Participants | Dates | Schedule | Cost* Resident |
Cost Non-res. |
| First responders, Ambulance technicians, doctors, nurses, dentists, students studying in the medical field. |
*Group of 6 or more: $75 per person
Registration
514-630-1202, carole.lefebvre@pointe-claire.ca, alana.mabe@pointe-claire.ca
Emergency First Aid with CPR level C
An 8 hour course includes the following:
- CPR (level C), Choking and Automatic Defibrillation (adult, child and infants)
- Primary and secondary survey
- How to activate the emergency medical system
- The law
- Heart attacks, strokes
- Bleeding, Burns
- Heat and Cold emergencies
- Bone and joint injuries
- Asthma and other respiratory emergencies
- Poisons
All participants will receive a completion card from the Heart and Stroke Foundation valid for 3 years.
| Participants | Dates | Schedule | Cost* Resident |
Cost Non-res. |
| Teachers, students, members of the community, parents |
* Group of 6 or more: $82 per person
Registration
514-630-1202, carole.lefebvre@pointe-claire.ca, alana.mabe@pointe-claire.ca
Babysitting course
“Because caring for children is more than just child’s play”
This 8 hour course includes the following:
- Important child care skills
- Safety tips for children of all ages
- How to cope with common problems like tantrums and crying
- What to do if anything makes the babysitter uncomfortable
- Some great games and other ideas for having fun with the kids while babysitting
- How to make the children’s environment safe and enjoyable
- What are the respective rights and responsibilities of the babysitter and the family hiring one.
- CPR, choking, sprains and strains, bleeding, poisoning, burns, fire emergency and more.
The target population is adolescents of 11 years or older. All participants will receive a Red Cross Babysitting Manual, mini first aid kit and certification card.
This course is not provided on a regular basis but can be scheduled for groups of 6 or more.
Cost
Residents: $62
Non-residents: 80$
Registration
514-630-1202, carole.lefebvre@pointe-claire.ca, alana.mabe@pointe-claire.ca
Rentals
Equipment rental (taxes included)
| Item | 2019 prices (Per day) |
| Annie Torso | $18 $12 Models (4+) |
| Junior Manikin | $18 $12 Models (4+) |
| Infant Manikin | $14 $9 Models (4+) |
| Automated External Defibrillator | $18 |
| Pocket Mask | $1 |
| Bag Valve Mask “Ambu” | $1 |
Lost or stolen cards
Please contact the relevant organization:
Heart and stroke foundation: csr@coeuretacv.ca
Red Cross: myrcsupport@redcross.ca
Lifesaving society: alerte@sauvetage.qc.ca
Links and downloads
Information
For more information, please call the Aquatic centre at 514-630-1202 or email carole.lefebvre@pointe-claire.ca, alana.mabe@pointe-claire.ca