Professional Responder
Advanced emergency response training for professional responders.
Basic Life Support is an intensive, hands-on Canadian Red Cross course for healthcare providers, professional responders, and anyone whose role requires a higher level of resuscitation skill than standard CPR training.
Learn to recognize and respond to life-threatening respiratory and cardiac emergencies in adults, children and infants. You’ll practise high-performance CPR, teamwork during resuscitation, AED use, assisted breathing, and bag-valve-mask ventilation—skills designed for pre-hospital, clinical and medical settings.
This course is appropriate for healthcare workers, first responders, medical and dental professionals, and students entering health-related programs. No previous certification is required.
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Price: $114.99
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Duration: 4 hours
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Certification: Canadian Red Cross Basic Life Support, valid for 1 year
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Recertification: 2 hours for eligible current certificate holders
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Includes: Basic Life Support Field Guide
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Maximum class size: 12 learners per instructor
Oxygen Therapy
Oxygen Therapy is a practical Canadian Red Cross module for responders and workplaces that carry emergency oxygen. Learn how to safely set up and administer supplemental oxygen to breathing and non-breathing patients, select and use appropriate delivery devices, and calculate cylinder duration.
This module is especially useful for teams working in remote settings, recreation, industry, dental or medical environments, and other roles where emergency oxygen is available. It can be added to your Basic Life Support booking.
Note: Your Oxygen Therapy certification will last for 3 years, but your BLS certification still needs to be renewed annually.
BLS re-certification training will only need to include the Oxygen Therapy module every 3 years.
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Price: $14.99
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Duration: 1–2 hours standalone; add 1 hour to BLS
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Prerequisites: None
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Certification: Canadian Red Cross certification, valid for 3 years
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Recertification: No separate recertification; retake the full module as required
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Maximum class size: 12 learners per instructor
Airway Management
Airway Management is a hands-on Canadian Red Cross module for responders who may need to manage an airway beyond the scope of standard CPR. Learn safe techniques for opening the mouth, using airway adjuncts, and clearing an airway with suction.
Learners practise the use of oropharyngeal, nasopharyngeal and supraglottic airways, alongside safe suctioning techniques and awareness of potential complications. It is designed for professional responders and settings where those tools are authorised and available. It can be added to your Basic Life Support booking.
Note: Your Airway Management certification will last for 3 years, but your BLS certification still needs to be renewed annually.
BLS re-certification training will only need to include the Airway Management module every 3 years.
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Price: $14.99
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Duration: 1–2 hours standalone; add 1 hour to BLS
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Prerequisites: None
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Certification: Canadian Red Cross certification, valid for 3 years
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Recertification: No separate recertification; retake the full module as required
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Maximum class size: 12 learners per instructor
Building confident, capable emergency responders.
Emergency Edge First Aid (EEFA) provides professional responder training for emergency services, industrial response teams, and organizations requiring advanced medical response capabilities. Delivered through the Canadian Red Cross, our courses develop the knowledge, practical skills, and confidence needed to manage complex emergencies in high-risk and demanding environments.
Our training emphasizes realistic, hands-on scenarios that challenge participants to assess patients, make critical decisions, and work effectively as part of a response team. Whether you're pursuing a career in emergency services, maintaining professional certification, or preparing for a specialist response role, our courses focus on practical skills that translate directly to the real world.
EEFA operates using a mobile training model, delivering public courses and private on-site training throughout the Okanagan, Kootenays, and surrounding regions. By bringing advanced training closer to where people live and work, we improve access to professional responder education for rural, remote, and underserved communities.
