Red Cross CPR C with AED course

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 people of all ages, if you require CPR training only for adults, please register for CPR-A.

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
  • Includes:
    • Responsive Patient
    • Unresponsive Patient
    • Prone to Supine Roll
    • Recovery Position
• Airway Emergencies – Choking (adult/child/infant)
  • Includes:
    • Responsive Partial Airway Choking (adult/child/infant)
    • Responsive Full Airway Choking (adult/child/infant)
    • Unresponsive Choking (adult/child/infant)
• Circulation Emergencies
  • Includes:
    • Heart Attack
    • Stroke
• Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation – CPR (adult/child/infant)
  • Includes:
    • Compression-Only CPR
    • Traditional CPR with Barrier Device
    • Two-Person CPR
• Using an Automated External Defibrillator (adult/child/infant)
  • Includes:
    • Deployment
    • Precautions
    • Workplace/Public Use

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Timeline

Average course length is 5-6 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

Students who wish to register for a recertification in CPR-C may sign-up for a special 3.5 hour course. This course is run infrequently, if you require this course before the next posted program, please contact us and we may be able to accommodate you.

This course will focus more on reminding students of skills and scenarios with less focus on lecture and discussion. All recertification students will be required attend the course before their date of expiration, should you miss this deadline you will be required to take the full program again.

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 see the list of upcoming events below. Please contact us if you have any concerns or questions.

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Event	Venue	Date
CPR C with AED	Vancouver Island Office – 605 Discovery Street	May 27, 2026 08:30	Register
CPR A with AED	Vancouver Island Office – 605 Discovery Street	May 27, 2026 08:30	Register
CPR C with AED	Vancouver Island Office – 605 Discovery Street	June 9, 2026 08:30	Register