CPR-A teaches how to do adult CPR and choking procedures for adults and includes the importance of early defibrillation and how to use an AED.
Prerequisite: None.
Instruction & certification: Current First Aid Instructors teach and certify candidates. The Lifesaving Society deems its certifications to be "current" for 24 months from the certification date.
Candidate recognition: Certification card for all CPR levels. (See Non-vocational awards below.)
Required reference material: Canadian First Aid Manual. (Note that some affiliates provide materials to candidates, and some require candidates to purchase materials on their own. Double check before you purchase.)
Recertification: No recertification option. To remain current, candidates retake the full course.
at-a-glance
- Demonstrate one-rescuer adult, child and infant cardiopulmonary resuscitation on a manikin, and how to use an AED.
- Demonstrate two-rescuer adult, child and infant cardiopulmonary resuscitation on a manikin.
- Simulate the treatment of:
• a conscious adult or child with an obstructed airway
• complications: a pregnant person and someone who is obese
- Demonstrate the treatment of a conscious infant with an obstructed airway on a manikin.
- Simulate the treatment of an unconscious adult, child and infant with an obstructed airway.
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Non-vocational awards
Include Swim Program, Canadian Swim Patrol (Rookie, Ranger, Star), Basic First Aid, and CPR A, and C.
Affiliates issue all non-vocational awards directly to candidates. Affiliates order the awards from the Society ahead of time for presentation to successful candidates at the evaluation.
The Lifesaving Society does not require a copy of the test sheets for these levels.
Only Swim for Life® licensees may offer swim program awards.