Cardiopulmonary resuscitation or CPR classes are divided into two and the first one is whereby you have to attend classes from any location for a period of four to six hours. The other classes are the online ones that have extra hands on skill classes. Most of the courses enlighten the trainees on how to recognize emergencies, recognizing heart attack signs, rescue breathing, caring for both conscious and unconscious choking patients and how to carry out basic adult CPR techniques. In most cases, this includes how to use AED or external defibrillator when handing a victim of cardiac arrest before emergency care providers arrive at the scene.
What is learned in the CPR Classes?
There are many organizations and other course providers in Canada that provide the classes aimed at training the general public of infant, children and adult CPR, how to use AED effectively, first aid for chocking and what barrier devices are. The CPR classes teach ways of recognizing symptoms of four major emergencies such as cardiac arrest, stroke, heart attack and foreign body airway obstruction. Trainees also get the opportunity to learn different ways that can be used to prevent childhood emergencies.
Topics Covered in the Courses
The BLS or basic life support health care CPR classes include information on how to carry out pediatric and adult CPR, mouth to mask techniques, foreign body airway obstruction bag valve mask usage and two or multiple rescuer CPR. All the content of the courses aim to help the trainees be able to handle both minor and severe emergencies that require cardiopulmonary resuscitation. The classes are not only aimed at health care professionals, but also lay rescuers or non health professional. They learn the right techniques of basic first aid and emergency response. In addition, management of some of the common medical emergencies such as seizure, allergic reactions, environmental illnesses, traumatic injuries such as bleeding, shock and fractures are also covered in the course content. Depending on the course provider, more and more topics may be covered in the classes.
In Canada there are several universities and other education institutions that provide part time CPR classes that cover information on how to undertake first aid and adult CPR. For those who are already certified there are CPR re-certification classes that are available. As you enroll for the course the most important thing you need to check if the course provider is approved to offer first aid and CPR training in Canada.