by admin | Dec 23, 2011 | News
Subject: Important Safety Information on the Correct Use of EpiPen® and EpiPen® Jr Auto-Injector Pfizer Canada Inc. (distributor of EpiPen for Dey Pharma, L.P.) in collaboration with Health Canada would like to remind patients of the correct method to remove the blue...
by admin | Dec 7, 2011 | CRC, News
From a recent Canadian Red Cross news release to instructors…… “British Columbia Ambulance Service (BCAS) has once again selected the Canadian Red Cross CPR/AED program for its 4,300 employees. BCAS is the largest provider of Emergency Medical...
by admin | Nov 25, 2011 | News, research
You can’t smell while you’re asleep And that should have you running to buy a smoke detector if you don’t already have one! I was listening to the Brainscience Podcast this morning; The ‘smell’ episode. This is something I found out which is worth repeating here...
by admin | Jun 8, 2011 | CCEFA, CPR, News, WEFA
No. Oh, sorry – you wanted a longer post? Here goes…. I was recently asked ‘can you eMail 911’? My first reaction was to explain that the 911 call system is for emergencies like, for example, doing CPR on a child. Perhaps stopping to compose an eMail wasn’t...
by admin | May 27, 2011 | News
Do you know how and when to call 911? It seems obvious. You pick up the phone and dial 9-1-1 (at least you do in this area). Is it really that easy? Well yes and no. That’s why calling for help is included as a teaching topic on every course we offer. Tomorrow...
by admin | Apr 28, 2011 | AED, CPR, News, research
The Chain of Survival is a way of helping First Aiders (that’s you, once you’ve taken your first aid training course) remember what to do and what needs to happen, in the correct order. In this chain, the more links you have in place, the better the...
