First Aid & CPR /AED Training

Following from a student in one of our courses....

The reason that I am writing to you is to sincerely thank you for your informative course - a course that I honestly hoped that I would never have to put into practice...however, tonight my husband and I were having dinner with my 13 month old daughter when she got a piece of chicken lodged in her throat - I had to perform the abdominal thrusts and it popped out.  My husband admitted to not having a clue what to do in such a situation and thanked God that I was there.  It was a terrible situation and one that I pray that I never have to re-live, however at the same time, very empowering.
 
It is with tears in my eyes that I Thank You from the bottom of my heart - because of you and your wonderful course, I was able to save my beloved daughter without a hint of hesitation.  Heidi.

P.S. My husband WILL be taking a CPR course shortly... :)

GENERAL INFORMATION ABOUT COURSES

Red Cross Training Partner

Babysecure is a TRAINING PARTNER of the Red Cross. Training Partners are contracted satellite companies who are affiliated with the Red Cross and through whom their First Aid or Water Safety courses are taught. Training Partners are required to follow the teaching guidelines of the Canadian Red Cross which includes insurance coverage, recommended time to cover course content, and student-to-teacher/mannequin ratios. Also required in the price of the course are the accompanying course manuals for each participant to have as continued reference after the course. Training partners invest in their own equipment and their instructors are paid by them based on fees generated from the course. Instructors are not salaried employees of the Red Cross. Upon successful completion, the participants receive cards from the Red Cross, recognizing they have taken a course from a qualified instructor.

Location

Open registration training sessions are held at Montreal's St. Mary's hospital. St Mary's has no involvement in the course other than to generously provide the room. Courses are also arranged for private groups at either St. Mary's (depending on room availability) or place of your choice.

Course Content

While respecting the Red Cross course content, our courses add safety and prevention information beyond what any other course offers, being taught by a Certified Proffesional Childproofer with 25 years of experience in specialization in childhood safety. This experience includes attending international injury prevention conferences and practically helping thousands of families babyproof their homes. All participants who have taken courses from other sources usually comment on how much more they learned in our course.

Because our courses focus on children, people ask why is Adult CPR and AED (Automated External Defibrillation) training included. The answer is that it is required by Red Cross guidelines. In our fast paced world, trends are to have courses as short as possible and people question the length of ours. Again Babysecure follows the recommended guidelines of the Red Cross and what has been developed as the adequate time frame to cover the information. We take the full time to explain, practice the skills, answer questions and expand on how the information applies to real life situations. What could be a more important  for anyone to do but take the time to learn how to save a life?

Bringing Babies to Course

Young babies under 6 months are welcome to attend the course with their parents if they do not have sources of babysitting or are still breast feeding. We leave it to the discretion of the families, as they know their own children and how much care their babies might need over the time of the course, yet still allow them to concentrate on this lifesaving information. Please let us know if you plan to bring your baby as classroom  and numbers in the group may not make it appropriate for every course.

Payment in Advance.

In order to plan appropriately and be fair to both Babysecure and other participants looking to take a course, it is necessary to have you arrange payment before the class. It is our experience that some people sign up but never come to the course. If there are insufficient numbers to cover the costs of the course, the course may be cancelled. As one of the only English speaking Red Cross courses in Quebec, we have people coming from regions outside the Montreal area. No one, including the instructor wants to make the arrangements to go to the course and find that it gets cancelled. Payment is the means of Babysecure knowing the commitment to take the course. There is a cancellation fee for shorter than 48 hour notice. If the course does not run,  participants are emailed/phoned  before the day of the courese and cheques are torn up or put towards the next date, as the student chooses.

For more information about First Aid or CPR Training contact us or call us at (514) 485-2323.

To sign up for a course please fill in the on-line registration and follow the steps described to  save your place.

http://www.babysecure.ca/services/course-dates-registration