Standard First Aid & CPR Recertification

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Introduction

WSIB requirements regarding Standard First Aid Recertification
“Ontario’s Workplace Safety and Insurance Board dictates that Standard First Aid (SFA) award holders may recertify just once on a SFA recertification course. To renew SFA subsequently, award holders must repeat the full SFA course. Thereafter, they may renew by alternating recertifications and original courses. To attend a SFA recertification course, the date of the original SFA certification must be within 36 months. If the award holder misses the recert course by even one day, he or she must retake a full two-day course. No exceptions. Award holders may not renew their SFA certificates from another agency on a Lifesaving Society SFA recertification course. They must recertify with the original certifying agency. However, in the year in which they must attend a full two-day SFA course, they can take the Lifesaving Society Standard First Aid course. “

Course Duration

• 1 Day for 8 hours in total

Prerequisites

• Must have a valid LSS certification that is not currently expired in order to recertify.

Certification Validity

• 3 Year Certification in Standard First Aid and CPR Level C, which includes AED certification.

Course Content

• The EMS system
• Check, Call, Care
• Airway emergencies
• Breathing and Circulation emergencies
• First aid for respiratory and cardiac arrest
• Wound care
• Head, neck and spinal injuries
• Bone, muscle and joint injuries
• Sudden Medical Emergencies
• Environmental Illnesses
• Poisons