Standard First Aid Courses (SFA) is a comprehensive two-day course that provides the skills required for life-saving first aid, CPR, and skills for emergencies at home or in a workplace. SFA include a CPR and AED certification.
Course Time: minimum 16 hours scheduling, requiring 100% attendance; recertification requiring 8 hours
Prerequisite for this course: none
Certification: The FR course provides a three year certification; CPR A or C
Manuals: First Aid and CPR Manual and appropriate addenda
An SFA Course includes the following content:
- The Red Cross
- Preparing to respond
- The EMS system
- Check, Call, Care
- Airway emergencies
- Breathing and Circulation emergencies
- First aid for respiratory and cardiac arrest
- Wound care
- Head and spine injuries
- Bone, muscle and joint injuries
- Sudden Medical Emergencies
- Environmental Emergencies
- Poisons