Requirements
- General first aid and CPR courses, minimum 14 to 16 hours in length
Contents*
- What to do in an emergency
- The emergency medical services system
- Check, call, rescue
- Respiratory tract emergencies
- Respiratory and circulatory emergencies
- First aid for respiratory and cardiac arrest
- Wound care
- Head and spinal injuries
- Bone, muscle and joint injuries
- Sudden medical emergencies
- Environmental emergencies
- Poisoning
*Source: Canadian Cross-Rouge General First Aid and CPR course content.
Some accepted training courses
• Canadian Cross-Rouge General first aid and CPR (16 hours)
• Ambulance Saint-Jean Standard first aid CPR / AED level C (16 hours)
• Lifesaving Society courses lasting more than 16 hours
• Canadian Ski Patrol Patroller card (75 hours)
• CSST First aid in the workplace: 16 hours
Note: some professions do not require first aid certification, as long as their right to practice is verifiable, e.g. doctors, nurses, ambulance attendants, etc.
If you have or plan to obtain first-aid training that differs from those mentioned above, it is your responsibility to validate its acceptance with Vélo Québec.
Vélo Québec reserves the right to refuse to issue a follower certification or to cancel a follower's participation in an event or trip if his or her first aid training is insufficient.