Course Length: 7 hours
Certification: 3 years
"The message is clear. Public access to defibrillation works."
Non-medical personnel trained to use an AED can increase survival rates for people suffering a cardiac arrest. This hands-on program can be used with any AED that is currently in service. It deals with the application of an AED in conjunction with CPR to increase the chances of survival.
This program focuses on:
- primary assessment
- choking management
- CPR (Adults, Children & Infants)
- introduction to the AED
- how the AED determines a shockable rhythm
- protocols to allow the rescuer to deliver a shock
- built-in safety features
- troubleshooting
- different situations for using an AED
- controlling deadly bleeding
- shock management
Adult, Child and Infant CPR certification also included in this course.
No pre-studying required.
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| Automated External Defibrillator (AED) & CPR 'C' |
| Sat - Apr 19 | 8:30am - 4:30pm | View Royal Shoreline Community School |
| Sat - May 24 | 8:30am - 4:30pm | Sooke Edward Milne Community School |
| Sat - May 31 | 8:30am - 4:30pm | Victoria Ramada - Victoria 123 Gorge Road East |
| Sat - June 28 | 8:30am - 4:30pm | Victoria Ramada - Victoria 123 Gorge Road East |
| Wed - July 9 | 8:30am - 4:30pm | View Royal Shoreline Community School |
| Sat - Aug 23 | 8:30am - 4:30pm | Victoria Ramada - Victoria 123 Gorge Road East |
| Sat -Sep 20 | 8:30am - 4:30pm | Shawnigan Lake Community Centre |
| Sat - Sep 27 | 8:30am - 4:30pm | Victoria Ramada - Victoria 123 Gorge Road East |
| Sat - Oct 4 | 8:30am - 4:30pm | Sooke Edward Milne Community School |
| Sat - Oct 18 | 8:30am - 4:30pm | View Royal Shoreline Community School |
| Sat - Nov 22 | 8:30am - 4:30pm | Sooke Edward Milne Community School |
| Sat - Dec 6 | 8:30am - 4:30pm | View Royal Shoreline Community School |
| Sat - Jan 3, 2009 | 8:30am - 4:30pm | Victoria Ramada - Victoria 123 Gorge Road East |
| Sat - January 10, 2009 | 8:30am - 4:30pm | Sooke Edward Milne Community School |
Last updated 2 May 2008