The Ottawa Paramedic Service is offering residents free CPR and Automated External Defibrillator training. CPR classes will be held at various locations across Ottawa throughout 2004. The next available class is Saturday, April 17 at the Osgoode Township High School.
The CPR classes will be offered to residents in other parts of the city over the coming months. Registration is limited to 50 people. Please check the list of upcoming classes for the location nearest you.
Date / Location / Time(s)
Saturday, April 17 ? Osgoode Township High School ? 2800 Albert Street, Metcalfe
(8:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.) English Session
(1 p.m. - 5 p.m.) English Session
Saturday, April 24 ? Cyrville Community Centre ? 4355 Halmont Drive
(8:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.) English Session
(1 p.m. - 5 p.m.) French Session
Friday, April 30 ? Pinecrest-Queensway Health and Community Services ? 1365 Richmond Road
(1 p.m. - 5 p.m.) English Session
The CPR class includes a short lecture on injury prevention, CPR and the Automated External Defibrillator, followed by group break-outs for clinical training.
Ottawa Paramedics will display the medical equipment they use as part of their work. They will also provide training of the Automated External Defibrillator, the units used in the City’s Public Access Defibrillator (PAD) program. The PAD program now has defibrillator units in more than 135 police vehicles and in over 175 other locations across the city. Ottawa has the most extensive PAD program in Canada.
City employees can also register for additional free staff CPR courses. A list of upcoming courses can be found here: http://moe/dept/ps/cs/training/training_2004.pdf.
To register, call 831-1997 or visit ottawa.ca/cpr.
The CPR classes will be offered to residents in other parts of the city over the coming months. Registration is limited to 50 people. Please check the list of upcoming classes for the location nearest you.
Date / Location / Time(s)
Saturday, April 17 ? Osgoode Township High School ? 2800 Albert Street, Metcalfe
(8:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.) English Session
(1 p.m. - 5 p.m.) English Session
Saturday, April 24 ? Cyrville Community Centre ? 4355 Halmont Drive
(8:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.) English Session
(1 p.m. - 5 p.m.) French Session
Friday, April 30 ? Pinecrest-Queensway Health and Community Services ? 1365 Richmond Road
(1 p.m. - 5 p.m.) English Session
The CPR class includes a short lecture on injury prevention, CPR and the Automated External Defibrillator, followed by group break-outs for clinical training.
Ottawa Paramedics will display the medical equipment they use as part of their work. They will also provide training of the Automated External Defibrillator, the units used in the City’s Public Access Defibrillator (PAD) program. The PAD program now has defibrillator units in more than 135 police vehicles and in over 175 other locations across the city. Ottawa has the most extensive PAD program in Canada.
City employees can also register for additional free staff CPR courses. A list of upcoming courses can be found here: http://moe/dept/ps/cs/training/training_2004.pdf.
To register, call 831-1997 or visit ottawa.ca/cpr.
