First Aid Instructor Transfer Course

Red Cross First Aid. Prepare for Life™

The Canadian Red Cross First Aid Instructor Development Program trains and certifies Instructors to organize and deliver the First Aid & CPR courses.

The Instructor Development Program trains Instructors to apply an individualized approach to instructing, which focuses on injury prevention, learning styles and a variety of instructional techniques that consider the abilities, ages and needs of each candidate. Our First Aid & CPR Instructors are trained to encourage each participant's personal rate of achievement, recognizing this will vary from one person to the next.

** If you are a current Red Cross WSI certification plus SFA with CPR-HCP or equivalent (NLS, AEC, etc), please go to First Aid Instructor Trainsfer Self Study Plus One Day.

hdgContent

The following items are covered in this First Aid Instructor Transfer Course class:

  • Welcome/Introduction/ILCOR /ECC
  • The Red Cross
  • First Aid Program Standards
  • How People Learn
  • Communication/Learning
  • Coaching
  • Assess/Evaluation
  • Instructional Techniques
  • 4Ds
  • Instructional Techniques
  • Organizing the Course
  • Course Content
  • Teaching AED
  • Teaching BVM
  • Child Care
  • Marine
  • In-class Practise Teaching – knowledge & skills

hdgDuration

16 Hours

hdgPrerequisites

The following are the prerequisite that a student is required to have before being allowed into this course:

  • 1. Proof of current CPR-HCP certification through a provincial/territorial or federal organization or higher.
  • 2. 18 years of age or older and
  • 3. One of the following:
  • ─ Proof of current or past First Aid Instructor with another recognized organization including the American Red Cross
  • ─ Or CPR Instructor certification with another recognized organization
  • ─ Or Red Cross First Aid Instructor whose certification has been expired for five years or more, but less than ten years.
  • Please note that EMR, EMT or Paramedic status does not qualify as the pre-requisite.

hdgDescription

The Red Cross First Aid Instructor Transfer Program is made up of 2 components:

Didactic Component - 16 hours of classroom instruction provides instructor candidates with the knowledge and skills necessary to teach Canadian Red Cross First Aid courses. The instructor candidates are expected to have finely tuned first aid and CPR technical skills. Therefore, this course focuses on how to teach and facilitate and not on learning first aid and CPR skills. Each candidate is required to pass a knowledge evaluation with a minimum mark of 80%
• 100% Attendance and participate in this component is required.

Co-Teach with another certified Canadian Red Cross First Aid Instructor - after successfully completing the didactic component, each instructor candidate will be required to complete a Co-Teach of a Canadian Red Cross First Aid & CPR program, leading a minimum of 50% of the course. Instructor Trainers will determine the Co-Teach requirements of each Instructor Candidate. The candidate will have 6 months to complete the co-teach component.

Work Load:
Pre-Course Assignment: will be provided in advance with the course materials and must be handed into the Instructor Trainer at the begining of the first day.

During the Course: Each candidate will be required to complete take home assignments each day, in preparation for the following day.

hdgCertifications Earned

Upon successful completion of this program you will have earned the following tickets:

  • Canadian Red Cross First Aid Instructor.
  • Valid for 3 years.

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