30 hours

This course is designed to qualify instructors from other agencies for delivery of CPR and AED, Emergency First Aid (EFA) and Standard First Aid (SFA) courses using standardized Curriculum and Learning Outcomes. Course content follows the First Aid Instructor's Manual and includes the First Aid program philosophy, skill assessment, leadership styles, teacher/learner methodology, evaluation, communication, organizing the first aid course, lesson planning and course outlines, instructional techniques, practice teaching and knowledge assessment. Upon completion Instructors will be qualified to prepare, deliver and evaluate CPR, EFA and SFA students. (First Aid instructor certification with an expiry date of three years from the last day of the month the course was completed.)

Prerequisite(s): All Instructor & Instructor Recertification courses must be reviewed by the NIC First Aid Department prior to Registration as follows: 18 years of age or older at the start of the course; current First Aid Instructor with one of the Nationally recognized training agencies (Canadian Ski Patrol, Heart and Stroke Foundation, St. John's Ambulance, AmCross SFAI, LSS Aquatic Emergency Care Instructor, LSS IT with SFA, Red Cross WS IT with SFA). *Current Red Cross CPR Instructor with current SFA. Expired Vital Link Instructor certification (since 1992) with a current SFA. Post Requisite(s): Co-teach a minimum of 16 hours and a maximum of 18 hours in any of the following Red Cross approved courses (SFA, EFA, CPR Level C (Basic Rescuer)). Co-teaching must be done within 6 months of completing the Instructor course, with a current Red Cross FAI who has 2 years or more of teaching experience or IT.

This course is not offered in any upcoming terms

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