FAQ
You can recertify once only after taking a full course. After 1 recertification training, you are required to take the full course again.
Similar to CPR, First Aid certification is valid for 3 years. The Heart and Stroke Foundation strongly recommends retraining every year of one’s CPR skills and many employers require annual CPR re-training.
If your discipline requires you to re-certify more frequently, their requirements will take precedence over our validity period.
There is a possibility you will be sued but the Good Samaritan Act protects you if you did CPR with good intentions.
The Good Samaritan Act ensures that the rescuer is not liable when performing first aid unless they have been grossly negligent.
CPR “HCP” is required for all Health Care Providers. Check with your governing body or school if you are unsure if you are designated as a Health Care Provider.
CPR is automatically a part of the Standard and Emergency First Aid courses. You cannot get a card that just says Standard First Aid or Emergency First Aid.
Our instructors must sign off that they have certified you in CPR and as a result, they must also see your skills. There is therefore no way to do certify you in First Aid without also certifying you in CPR even though your existing CPR card is still valid.
CPR and AED training are now included in all the levels of first aid training. However, you can still take CPR and AED separately if you wish.
It is not possible to get a valid First Aid certification without also completing your CPR certification.
It is valid for 3 years, however the Heart and Stroke Foundation strongly recommends retraining every year and many employers require annual re-training.
If your discipline requires you to re-certify more frequently, their requirements will take precedence over our validity period.
Yes there is. The casualty is sent a bill usually by the hospital.
Shout to attract attention as you do CPR, do CPR for 2 minutes and then make a phone call if you know where the phone is.
After that continue with resuscitation until you become too exhausted to continue. As an important precaution, always make sure that you plan ahead if you are going to a remote location.
Yes you can. It is important to carry personal protective equipment with you all the time: pocket mask/face shield and gloves (not latex).
Nitrile gloves provide excellent protection against bacteria and CPR masks with an O2 inlet ensures that bacteria and vomitus from the victim does not transfer to the rescuer.
