Red Cross CPR A with AED

Includes 2025 First Aid & CPR Guidelines

• 3-year certification
• AED content and certification included
• Taught in accordance with 2025/6 current guidelines

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Prerequisites

All individuals are welcome to participate in this course. No prior experience is required.

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Audience

Open to all individuals of all abilities. Course is designed to provide basic lay-rescuer training for community and home emergencies. This course covers CPR for adults, if you require CPR training for children and/or infants, please register for CPR-C.

If participants wish to use these skills in the workplace, participants are required to register for a WorkSafeBC approved course, or its equivalent. Although the same content is taught in first aid courses, this course is only focused on CPR and skills surrounding these emergencies.

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Course Content

• The Red Cross
• Responding to Emergencies
• Check, Call, Care
• Airway Emergencies – Choking (adult)
  • Includes:
    • Responsive Partial Airway Choking (adult)
    • Responsive Full Airway Choking (adult)
    • Unresponsive Choking (adult)
• Circulation Emergencies
  • Includes:
    • Heart Attack
    • Stroke
• Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation – CPR (adult)
  • Includes:
    • Compression-Only CPR
    • Traditional CPR with Barrier Device
    • Two-Person CPR
• Using an Automated External Defibrillator (adult)
  • Includes:
    • Deployment
    • Precautions
    • Workplace/Public Use

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Timeline

Average course length is 4 hours, but may go longer in order to confirm knowledge and skills.

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Completion Criteria

Candidates will be required to demonstrate all required skills and complete a multiple choice exam in order to be granted a certification.

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Recertification

Current guidelines advise that all students who wish to re-certify for CPR-A (Adult) should retake the full 4-hour program before their date of expiration. If you are a returning Be Prepared First Aid student, you can contact us for booking and savings for returning.

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Ready to Register?

Please select an upcoming event from the list below.

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Event	Venue	Date
CPR A with AED	Vancouver Island Office – 605 Discovery Street	May 26, 2026 08:30	Register
CPR A with AED	Vancouver Island Office – 605 Discovery Street	June 9, 2026 08:30	Register

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For additional information, you can check out the Canadian Red Cross program descriptions here.