About this Course

The Canadian Red Cross Stay Safe! course is designed to give youth who are a minimum of 9 years old or who have completed grade 3 the age-appropriate skills they require, while simultaneously increasing their capacity to improve safety and respond to challenges accordingly. Real-world scenarios often call on children to respond to challenges. The Stay Safe! program teaches applicable and age-appropriate skills, while increasing and reinforcing a youth’s capacity to improve his or her own safety. Whether in their community or on their own, this group will be given better tools to Stay Safe! in a variety of different situations. *participants must bring a bagged lunch. Course Content: -Importance of responsibility and respect while being accountable for yourself -Importance of setting and following rules around safety when staying on your own -How to stay safe at home and within the community -How to prepare, recognize and respond to unexpected situations, (i.e. inclement weather, strangers, unanticipated visits) First Aid Content: Check, Call, Care (includes phoning EMS/911), recovery position, conscious choking (adult/child/alone), feeling unwell, asthma (includes use of inhaler and spacer), anaphylaxis (includes use of EpiPen), poisoning, insect stings, wound care (i.e. minor cuts and scrapes, splinters, nosebleeds, bumps and bruises, life-threatening bleeding, burns).