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Laurier Recreation - Waterloo Campus

Certification Courses

Intermediate First Aid with CPR-C & AED
Intermediate First Aid Recertification
National Lifeguard Recertification

Wilfrid Laurier Athletics and Recreation offers a variety of lifesaving and lifeguarding courses to help you reach your aquatic goals.

Intermediate First Aid with CPR-C & AED

Intermediate First Aid includes all aspects of Basic First Aid and provides additional comprehensive first aid training. Candidates demonstrate first aid care for anaphylaxis, shock, stroke, amputations, facial injuries, burn injuries, fractures and dislocations, neck or spinal column injuries, seizures, diabetic emergencies, and environmental injury and illness.

Includes CPR-C with AED certification for adult, child and infant. It is recognized by Ontario's Workplace Safety & Insurance Board.

Required Materials: Canadian First Aid Manual (add-on before check out or purchase elsewhere and bring), First Aid Candidate Training Kit (required add-on before check out).

WSIB Program

Intermediate First Aid Recertification

Candidates may take an Intermediate First Aid Recertification course within 36 months of completing an Intermediate First Aid Full Course (16 hours).

Recertification for Intermediate First Aid covers the essential workplace first aid competencies, including CPR-C with AED certification for adult, child and infant, emergency scene management, recognition and management of life-threatening airway, breathing, circulation, and bleeding emergencies, identification and response to medical emergencies, and management of soft tissue and musculoskeletal injuries. It is recognized by Ontario's Workplace Safety & Insurance Board.

Prerequisite: Standard First Aid and CPR-C Certification or Intermediate First Aid Certification  *Please bring proof of prerequisites to beginning of course.

Required Materials: Canadian First Aid Manual (add-on before check out or purchase elsewhere and bring), First Aid Candidate Training Kit (required add-on before check out).

WSIB Program

National Lifeguard - Pool Recertification

A one day (5 hours) course required to keep lifeguards up to date with any changes that have been made in the lifesaving programs, and to ensure that skills are kept up to standard. To be current, NL must be recertified every two years.

Prerequisite: National Lifeguard Service *Please bring proof of prerequisites to beginning of course.