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RESPONSIVE FIRST AID TRAINING

Let us help you achieve your goals

Responsive Instructors can can help you learn basic life-saving skills, renew your first aid skills, or even advance your professional practice.  The course you need may depend upon your goals,  local legislation, your professional requirements, how much time you have to commit to your first-aid education can all factor into which course is right for you.  

Twenty years experience in teaching first aid in the Kootenays

 

At Responsive First Aid Training, we are able to meet the learning needs of a wide variety of participants.  We offer courses from a  4-hour CPR-A to the 40-hour Emergency Care (First Responder) program for firefighters and Emergency Medical Responders (EMR) for ambulance staff. EMR is also recognized in BC as equivalent to OFA 3 for WorkSafeBC.  Our wilderness course offerings can change the game in the back-country and even at the cottage. We offer a 20-hour remote first aid, a 40-hour Wilderness First Aid, and an 80-hour WIlderness First Responder for professional (or aspiring) guides, ski patrollers and SAR team leaders.

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"Thank you for putting on the Red Cross course this past weekend.   It was really great. 

We had a great group, and Abel was a great instructor.  He really knows his stuff!"

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Responsive First Aid is also a Red Cross First Aid Instructor Development Centre (IDC).  If you are a qualified and experienced first aid attendant and would like to continue to up your game, teaching may just be the hone that gives you the edge you desire.

​"First aid should be fun to learn, not intimidating"

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A word about Fraud

It has come to our attention that persons unknown have emulated our website and/or email. These fraudsters are offering online "zoom" first aid courses at cut-rates. These programs are not taught by Responsive First Aid Training, or sanctioned by the Canadian Red Cross. If you fall prey to one of these organizations, it is unlikely that your 'certification' will be recognized by your employer, WorkSafeBC, or any other legitimate oversight provider.

Please be cautious that you are selecting a Canadian Red Cross Authorized First Aid Training Partner.

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Disease Transmission and First Aid Training:

If you are ill, or have been exposed to a symptomatic person, contact your instructor.

Please do not attend the class if you are currently unwell.  

Procedure masks are recommended, especially if you have been exposed to any flu-like illness in the past week. Hand sanitizer is available in all classrooms.  

We are all trying our best to keep our participants and instructional staff healthy and safe.

 

Please, be kind. 

We all need to take care of each other

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OUR COURSES & PROGRAMS

Certified Red Cross First Aid Training & Instructor Development

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CPR TRAINING

Save a life!

"Surviving Cardiac Arrest is about bystanders knowing what to do and starting compressions!"  

          Push Hard, Push Fast!

CPR is simple and effective. It is the only chance to save a person in cardiac arrest. Ambulance Paramedics cannot be everywhere, so they need you to give them a chance, buying your patient time, until more advanced life support can arrive. That's why CPR. 

Nerves die without oxygen, if someone collapses, and stops breathing then CPR is how we give them the best chance at waking up. the brain is made of nerves, so we need to get air in and circulate it to the brain. Compressions slow down the process and helps prevent immediate damage. Now we need to get the heart started again and that's where an AED becomes necessary. An AED reminds the heart to pump by giving it a precise jolt of electricity. Best of all anyone can use today's simple AEDs and they are widely available in our communities. 

Everyone, especially you, should know this skill

  

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FIRST AID CERTIFICATION

Be Ready to Respond

Our goal is to teach you the life saving skills to respond to emergencies. Accidents most often happen at home, with family and friends. Nowhere is it more crucial to know what to do than when a friend or family member requires help. We also offer workplace first aid;  WorkSafeBC recognizes Red Cross First Aid training in BC to keep workers safe. Many professional organizations require specific first aid training so check with your organization to ensure that you register for the right course and get the right training. 

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In every course you will learn to recognize an emergency, when to call emergency services, and how to help the ill and injured until these professionals arrive.  

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Red Cross courses are recognized across Canada

and around the world

 

Follow the link below to find the course that best addresses your learning needs or required qualifications.

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Teaching & Training Professional Responders

Whether you are looking for a career in the field or want to be more useful to your local volunteer fire department of search and rescue team, we can help.  Responsive First Aid Training teaches Basic Life Support to professionals who work in hospitals, clinics, dental offices, and to support workers in group homes and street outreach workers. This course is all about resuscitation in a team setting and uses more advanced skills like oxygen respirators and suction devices to offer patients the highest standard of care in their emergency.

First Responders work inside local fire rescue teams and often arrive earlier than ambulance paramedics. We teach the 40-hour professional level training to give these volunteers the training they need get licensed with the province, to help in emergencies in your community. 

Emergency Medical Responders take an 80-hour course that allows them to license with the Emergency Medical Assistance Board of BC and work on rural and remote ambulances and aid stations. We can offer bridging courses to this advanced certification from Occupational FIrst Aid (level 3) or from the FR training mentioned above.

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Remote First Aid and Wilderness Training

We have been playing in the great outside since we were children exploring the river valleys and mountains. Then it was skiing, and hiking, climbing and kayaking, backcountry biking, and mountaineering; we have been search and rescue volunteers and professionals. We've worked as Park Rangers and guides. Your Responsive First AId Wilderness Instructors have travelled extensively to mountains and deserts, to rivers and oceans, and we bring you our experiences to inspire and teach. 

Remote First Aid is a must for anyone exploring anywhere that is beyond the reach of an ambulance. This is a 20-hour course that'll give you skills and confidence to hike, bike, paddle, or ATV in our beautiful province. 

Wilderness First Aid is a 40-hour (usually 2 weekends) course that is more scenario based to cement the skills and judgement required to look after an ill or injured person for more than 24-hours. this course is best for serious adventurers extending their trips in duration and remoteness. those people in leadership roles, or seeking to be leaders, should have these skills.  

Wilderness First Responder is and 80-hour professional level course for Guides, Mountain SAR members, Ski Patrol, Rangers and other professionals and Adventurers who have access to advanced medical equipment in the field and need to know how to use it. This course is recognized by The Association of Canadian Mountain Guides and was developed in Canada to serve you in the vast Canadian wilderness. 

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GET IN TOUCH

Responsive First Aid Training is based out of Nelson, BC.  Training is delivered to clients in Nelson and in communities throughout the East and West Kootenay.
Please be clear about the site of your class session as these vary from week to week, depending on site availability.

1977 Loff Rd, Castlegar, BC V1N 4M9

darcey@responsivefirstaid.com

(250) 354 7241

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