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Life Preservers First Aid is now offering N-95 Mask Fit Testing!

Posted by Alexandra Le Blanc on

Life Preservers First Aid is now offering N-95 Mask Fit Testing!
Mask Fit Testing is now offered in our studios in North Vancouver, Burnaby and Surrey locations.

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Student Shares an Inspiring Story

Posted by David Russell on

A group of young parents recently came in to take the Emergency Child Care First Aid training course, and they just shared a great story with us. We would love to share it with all of you to show the importance of First Aid and CPR training!  "A Young Parent Program graduate from your Emergency Child Care First Aid training course recently witnessed a car accident on route to walking to school with her infant. Someone ran a stop sign and caused a head on collision with a another vehicle causing the front hood and other debris to fly off the car....

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Real-life First Aid for a class at the City Library with Life Preservers First Aid!

Posted by Marty Wickham on

Real-life First Aid for a class at the City Library   Students had the opportunity to practice their first aid skills in a real-life scenario today at the City Library when a woman slipped and fell, injuring her hip. While class was ongoing, our instructor that day, was made aware of the situation and took his class outside for a real first aid experience. When they got to the scene, the class conducted the necessary initial first aid steps by calling 9-1-1, doing a primary and secondary survey of the situation and ensuring the woman suffered no other injuries. The...

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Took This First Aid Training Just In Time!

Posted by Marty Wickham on

Life Preservers First Aid received some great feedback from one of our students this week, Jordan Ketting-Olivier, who is currently in training to become a police officer. He shared with us the story of a choking incident at a restaurant and how he was able to apply his skills learned to save a life. Jordan took Standard First Aid Training with CPR/AED Level C this past weekend (October 2015) at Life Preservers First Aid. This course teaches you how to respond in emergency situations and covers instruction on prevention, recognition and treatment of life threatening emergencies. He was working in a...

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Program Feature - Lifeliner Newsletter October 2015

Posted by Marty Wickham on

Life Preservers First Aid Inc. was recently featured by the Life Saving Sociey's monthly newsletter, the Lifeliner. This feature tells the story of Tommy Leung's experience with Life Preservers First Aid. Tommy is a student that came to us a few months ago asking if we would be able to accommodate his disability in our training courses. Tommy is completely blind, and we weren't going to let this prevent him from becoming certified. See below for further information on Tommy's experience with Life Preservers First Aid! "I quickly realized that he was just like all other students"  Last month Tommy...

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