We’re thrilled to announce that our new classroom is officially ready to welcome you at 8180 Macleod Trail SE, Calgary February 7th! After months of planning, preparation, and hard work (we had a little fun too!), the time has finally arrived for Life Start Training to open its doors to the Calgary community.
In the world of workplace safety, first aid training is often seen as a box to check. For some, it’s a legal requirement; for others, just a formality. But at Life Start, we see it differently. To us, first aid training is not merely about passing a test or earning a certificate—it’s about preparing you for real emergencies.
In the fall of 2024, Life Start First Aid Training made a bold decision—one that wasn’t just about geographic expansion, but about proving what we already knew to be true: that our mission to elevate first aid training is one that can resonate across Canada. So, we opened a head office in Calgary, Alberta.
Consider being in a situation where someone nearby stops breathing and collapses suddenly. This is why everyone, at a minimum, should take a hybrid CPR course.
I can’t even count the number of times participants have shown up to one of my classes utterly confused with what they believe are ever-changing CPR guidelines. They’ll ask how many compressions versus breaths they’re supposed to do or if they are even supposed to breathe in people anymore. Consistent information straight across the board is vital to saving lives. I absolutely love the news article from CNN that we linked at the end of the blog, which states that a teenage girl saved her best friend’s life the day after she took a CPR training class. She remembered 30 compressions and 2 breaths and put her training into action.
Let’s talk a little bit about automated external defibrillators, commonly known as AEDs or what I like to call them in my class for ease of reference, the ‘shockey box.’
How do providers stack up with giving bystanders the confidence they need in emergency situations.
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