We offer CPR and First Aid courses for everyone, including parents, families, workplaces, and healthcare professionals, delivered in and around Montréal and the West Island. Training is available in both English and French and is taught by certified paramedics and healthcare professionals with extensive front line experience. All courses follow the most up to date guidelines and standards and are fully certified through the Heart and Stroke Foundation.
As two dedicated paramedics, we teach because we genuinely believe in sharing real world knowledge that saves lives. Our approach is personal, practical, and hands on, shaped by years of responding to real emergencies. We create a supportive learning environment where participants feel comfortable asking questions, practicing skills, and building the confidence to act when it matters most. In addition to CPR and First Aid, we are certified to teach STOP THE BLEED®, empowering individuals to respond effectively to severe bleeding emergencies. We come to you, delivering training in the comfort of your chosen location, whether at home, work, school, or in the community, making it easy to learn life saving skills where you feel most at ease.
Description
This course provides step by step instruction to help you respond confidently to emergencies involving infants and children. Participants learn how to recognize choking versus normal gagging in babies, perform CPR, and take immediate action in life threatening situations.
Training includes hands only CPR, safe use of an AED for adults, children, and infants, as well as effective emergency manoeuvres for choking across all age groups. The course also covers how to stop severe bleeding and the first critical actions to take in both common and serious emergencies involving babies and young children.
Hands on practice ensures participants leave knowing exactly what to do when every second counts.
Who is this course for
Anyone. Available as private or group training.
What you will learn
- How to perform hands only CPR and safely use an AED on adults, children, and infants
- How to provide emergency manoeuvres in cases of choking for all age groups
- How to distinguish choking from normal gagging in babies
- How to stop severe bleeding
- The first actions to take in common and life threatening emergencies involving infants and children
What you will receive
Upon completion, participants receive a valid certification available for electronic download through the Heart and Stroke Foundation online portal.
Program
Hero in 30© & STOP THE BLEED®
Duration
1.5 to 2 hours in person
Price
$55 per person
Description
This course teaches step by step techniques to help you respond confidently to life threatening emergencies involving adults. Participants learn how to recognize cardiac emergencies, assist a choking adult, and perform CPR quickly and effectively.
Training includes high quality CPR with ventilation using a pocket mask, safe use of an AED on adults, and effective emergency manoeuvres for choking. The course also covers the first critical actions to take in serious situations such as opioid overdose, drowning, cardiac arrest, and stroke.
Hands on practice ensures participants leave with the skills and confidence to act when every second matters.
Who is this course for
Anyone. Available as private or group training.
What you will learn
- How to perform CPR including ventilation with a pocket mask
- How to safely use an AED on adults
- How to provide emergency manoeuvres in cases of choking in adults
- The first actions to take in life threatening emergencies such as opioid overdose, drowning, cardiac arrest, and stroke
What you will receive
Upon completion, participants receive a valid certification available for electronic download through the Heart and Stroke Foundation online portal.
Program
Heartsaver® CPR AED Level A Certification valid for 2 years
Duration
2 hours in person
Price
$55 per person
Description
This course provides step by step instruction to help you respond confidently to life threatening emergencies involving adults, children, and infants. Participants learn how to recognize emergencies, assist choking victims, and perform CPR effectively across all age groups.
Training includes all Adult CPR Level A content and expands to cover children and infants. Participants learn high quality CPR with ventilation using a pocket mask, safe use of an AED, and effective emergency manoeuvres for choking. The course also covers the first critical actions to take in serious situations such as opioid overdose, drowning, cardiac arrest, and stroke.
Hands on practice ensures participants leave with the skills and confidence to act when every second counts.
Who is this course for
Anyone. Available as private or group training.
What you will learn
- All Adult CPR Level A content
- How to perform CPR including ventilation with a pocket mask
- How to safely use an AED
- How to provide emergency manoeuvres in cases of choking
- The first actions to take in life threatening emergencies such as opioid overdose, drowning, cardiac arrest, and stroke
What you will receive
Upon completion, participants receive a valid certification available for electronic download through the Heart and Stroke Foundation online portal.
Program
Heartsaver® CPR AED Level C Certification valid for 2 years
Duration
3.5 hours in person
Price
$75 per person
Description
This course provides step by step training for health care professionals and first responders who are required to respond to life threatening emergencies in clinical and prehospital settings. Participants develop the skills and confidence to perform high quality CPR, manage airway and ventilation, and work effectively as part of a resuscitation team.
Training focuses on evidence based Basic Life Support practices for adults, children, and infants, with hands on practice in single rescuer, multi rescuer, and team based scenarios. Participants also learn to recognize and manage a range of medical emergencies commonly encountered in professional care environments.
Who is this course for
Health care professionals and trained first responders who provide care in in facility and prehospital settings.
What you will learn
- The Chain of Survival and early recognition of cardiac arrest
- One rescuer and two rescuer CPR
- High quality chest compressions using a feedback device
- Multi rescuer and team based CPR
- Adult, child, and infant CPR and relief of choking
- Safe and effective use of an AED
- Effective ventilations using barrier devices and bag mask devices
- Management of opioid associated life threatening emergencies
- The role of the CPR coach
- Response to maternal cardiac arrest, anaphylaxis, drowning, heart attack, stroke, and other life threatening emergencies
What you will receive
Upon completion, participants receive a valid certification available for electronic download through the Heart and Stroke Foundation online portal.
Program
Basic Life Support BLS Certification valid for 1 year
Duration
3.5 hours in person
Price
$100 per person
Description
This course prepares participants to recognize illness or injury, activate emergency medical services, and provide effective basic first aid care until professional help arrives. Participants learn how to assess emergency situations, respond safely, and deliver appropriate care for a wide range of medical and traumatic conditions.
Training includes practical, hands on instruction focused on real world scenarios, helping participants build the confidence to respond calmly and effectively in both common and life threatening situations.
Who is this course for
Anyone.
What you will learn
- All Adult CPR Level A and Level C content
- Roles and responsibilities of a first aid provider
- First aid legislation and regulations
- Emergency scene management
- Shock, unconsciousness, and fainting
- Head and spinal injuries
- Cardiovascular emergencies
- Adult CPR and AED use, including choking response
- Asthma and severe allergic reactions
- Bleeding and wound care
- Burns
- Medical conditions including diabetic emergencies and seizures
- Heat and cold related injuries
- Musculoskeletal injuries
- Mental health considerations in first aid response
What you will receive
Upon completion, participants receive a valid certification available for electronic download through the Heart and Stroke Foundation online portal.
Program
Basic First Aid Level A Certification valid for 3 years. Includes Stop the Bleed®
Duration
Full-day (8+ hours) in person.
Price
$120 per person
Description
The ACLS Provider course is an advanced, evidence based program designed for healthcare professionals who manage cardiovascular emergencies in clinical and prehospital settings. This course builds on Basic Life Support skills and focuses on the assessment, treatment, and management of complex cardiac and respiratory emergencies using a systematic team based approach.
Participants engage in hands on learning through realistic case scenarios that emphasize clinical decision making, effective communication, and high performance team dynamics.
Who is this course for
Healthcare professionals.
Prerequisites
To achieve the best learning outcomes, participants are expected to have prior knowledge and clinical proficiency in the following areas
- High quality Basic Life Support
- Recognition of common cardiac ECG rhythms
- Effective airway management and use of adjuncts
- Cardiac pharmacology
- Practical management of complex clinical cases
- High performance team skills
What you will learn
- High quality CPR applied to advanced case scenarios
- Cardiac arrest recognition and management
- Acute Coronary Syndromes
- Airway management
- Acute stroke management
- Bradycardia and tachycardia management
- Signs of clinical deterioration
- Post cardiac arrest care
- Systems of care and coordinated response
- High performance team dynamics
- Science of resuscitation
- Role of the CPR coach
What you will receive
Upon completion, participants receive a valid certification available for electronic download through the Heart and Stroke Foundation online portal.
Program
ACLS Provider Certification valid for 2 years
Duration
Minimum of 14 hours in person
Price
Please contact us for availability and pricing