The winter is slowly giving way to Spring here in the Ottawa Valley. The sun is shining and the days are longer which means the bug season is just around the corner. Bees, wasps, mosquitos and black flies get most of the attention in these parts but perhaps some of the most problematic bugs we need to […]
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Worried about doing the wrong thing in an emergency? These 3 things ensure you won’t!
I teach a lot of First Aid and CPR courses in and around the Ottawa Valley – from Arnprior, Renfrew, Pembroke, Deep River to Eganville. It doesn’t matter if I have a class of 6 or 16, young or old, if they want to be there or have to be there, I have one goal for everyone that takes […]
What do I do if…..
We live in a pretty dynamic place where an infinite number of things could go wrong. Every course I teach there are usually a few folks that start most of there sentences with “What do I do if…”. The ending of the sentence can be related to anything from car crashes, explosions, charging rhino’s or scary clowns […]
First Aid Training for Real Life
While Jo-anne and I have been teaching First Aid programs for years now we’ve recently made the decision to become a Red Cross Training Partner and offer courses under our own business (which is Ottawa Valley First Aid – the website you are currently on….). Sorting out all the details and ordering all the equipment […]