UPDATE: EXCLUSIVE: NO EXTRA FIRST AID TRAINING FOR AREA SCHOOLS
I Heart Radio Feb, 2017
The province, through the Workplace Safety and Insurance Board only mandates that one employee of a school must be trained to potentially save a live.
More teachers need to be trained in first aid and CPR
Caledon Enterprise February 23, 2017
Are one or two adults certified in first aid and CPR training at your child’s school enough to provide life saving measures in case of an emergency?
Our local school boards seem to think so.
It’s both surprising and concerning that teachers are not required to be trained in first aid. There’s no legislation mandated by the Ministry of Education that requires Ontario certified teachers to hold first aid and CPR training.
The Surprising Truth About Schools and First Aid
Toronto 4 Kids May, 2016
Legally there is no requirement for teachers and school staff to have current and up to date First Aid & CPR training.
Did you know that legally there is no requirement for teachers and school staff to have current and up to date First Aid & CPR training? Nor are there any legal requirements for staff to have an emergency medical response plan for the children that are in their care. Scary isn’t it!
Showing posts with label Ontario. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Ontario. Show all posts
Feb 23, 2017
Sep 8, 2015
Concussion Identification Management Policy
Halton District School Board Concussion Protocol.
Administrative Procedure: Concussion Protocol. Halton District School Board
Emergency First Aid Training In order to supplement the Standard First Aid Training required to meet the terms of the WSIB legislation, the Board will offer the one day Emergency First Aid training, in addition to that identified in #1 above, to:
i. 3 full time employees for each elementary school
ii. 2 full time employees of secondary school
iii. 3 full time employees of each administrative facility
ONTARIO INTRODUCES LEGISLATION TO ESTABLISH CONCUSSIONS ADVISORY COMMITTEE States:
Ministry of Education funding to school districts to support the full implementation of Provincial Policy Memorandum 158 ("PPM 158"), including the costs associated with Ontario Physical and Health Education Association safety guidelines and coaching/first aid certifications;
Rowan's Law
Read when When not one teacher at my kids school had CPR/ first aid training My child suffered an injury, no one was trained how to handle the injury, or recognize a concussion, or any other medical situation, for that matter.
See Also: Ontario Laws First Aid and CPR
Administrative Procedure: Concussion Protocol. Halton District School Board
Emergency First Aid Training In order to supplement the Standard First Aid Training required to meet the terms of the WSIB legislation, the Board will offer the one day Emergency First Aid training, in addition to that identified in #1 above, to:
i. 3 full time employees for each elementary school
ii. 2 full time employees of secondary school
iii. 3 full time employees of each administrative facility
ONTARIO INTRODUCES LEGISLATION TO ESTABLISH CONCUSSIONS ADVISORY COMMITTEE States:
Ministry of Education funding to school districts to support the full implementation of Provincial Policy Memorandum 158 ("PPM 158"), including the costs associated with Ontario Physical and Health Education Association safety guidelines and coaching/first aid certifications;
Rowan's Law
Read when When not one teacher at my kids school had CPR/ first aid training My child suffered an injury, no one was trained how to handle the injury, or recognize a concussion, or any other medical situation, for that matter.
See Also: Ontario Laws First Aid and CPR
Nov 3, 2013
Not One CPR/ First Aid Trained Teacher At My Kids School
My youngest child suffered an injury at school (2010) not one teacher had up-to-date first aid training, and the school principal was out of the building who had the ONLY current training. I was told this was not a safety issue but a union issue because, making teachers take first aid and CPR training would have to be approved of by the Ontario teachers unions.
This is not entirely true The school violated The First Aid Requirements (WSIA Regulation 1101) It is true teachers are not required to have currant First Aid or CPR Training, but Ontario Workplaces are required to have some staff currently trained in First Aid/ CPR at each workplace with more than four employees. A school is a workplace.
All employers covered by the Workplace Safety Insurance Act are required to have first aid equipment, facilities and trained workers, this means usually only about two trained people (employees) in every school, need to be trained.
The training classes at the local St. Johns Ambulance First Aid Station did not have any of the teachers/staff at my child's school take any classes the week after my child's emergency. Not till SEVERAL parents complained to the school, was a large number of teachers trained at my child's school. A teacher (employee covered by WSIB Ontario) at the school also had a medical emergency later that same month, the school principal who had the only first aid training was in the building at the time, but not at the time of my child's emergency.
Workplace Safety and Insurance Board First Aid Information
In Canada, first aid certificates can be issued by one of four training organizations that provide first aid training in up to ten provinces and three territories (thus, nationally) Canadian Red Cross Society, (Royal)Lifesaving Society (Canada), St. John Ambulance, and Canadian Ski Patrol.
Ontario Approved First Aid Courses
Workplace Safety and Insurance Act
(1) A first aid station shall contain,
(a) a first aid box containing the items required by this Regulation; and
(b) a notice board displaying,
(i) the Board’s poster known as Form 82,
(ii) the valid first aid certificates of qualification of the trained workers on duty, and
(iii) an inspection card with spaces for recording the date of the most recent inspection of the first aid box and the signature of the person making the inspection. R.R.O. 1990, Reg. 1101, s. 1 (1).
The school also violated this regulation by not having valid first aid certificates of qualification of the trained workers {teachers or other staff} on duty at the first aid station.
In theory one teacher could complain to the Ontario Teacher's Union that they are working in a unsafe environment with no one trained in CPR/ First Aid, while another teacher could complain to the Ontario Teacher's Union they are feeling pressured to take a First Aid Course. If I knew this information I would have filled a complaint with WSIB, not "just" have asked a person running for the position of school trustee, to see if they knew that teachers did not need to be trained in First Aid/ CPR. She was shocked when she did her own research and discovered that only two teachers were trained in First Aid/ CPR at her own child's school. (2010) She talked to the school trusties (at the time) in each ward in our city, who told her that teachers are not mandated to take First Aid/ CPR training.
A teaching assistant told me, in private, that she avoids getting First Aid/ CPR training because she would be more likely to get a student who had more medical needs.
I wish to thank all the parents who complained to the school my child attended, that did not have one teacher with first aid training. I now would like it to become mandatory for all teachers to have currant First Aid and CPR training. Tell your trusties, your MPs you want all teachers (who are able bodied) to get the training.
Please share with other parents, the fact that Ontario teachers do not need current First Aid training under current laws.
If you wish to share your story (anonymously or by name)contact firstaidinschools@outlook.com I've had a lot of spam on this post, ADs mostly for First Aid Training.
This is not entirely true The school violated The First Aid Requirements (WSIA Regulation 1101) It is true teachers are not required to have currant First Aid or CPR Training, but Ontario Workplaces are required to have some staff currently trained in First Aid/ CPR at each workplace with more than four employees. A school is a workplace.
All employers covered by the Workplace Safety Insurance Act are required to have first aid equipment, facilities and trained workers, this means usually only about two trained people (employees) in every school, need to be trained.
The training classes at the local St. Johns Ambulance First Aid Station did not have any of the teachers/staff at my child's school take any classes the week after my child's emergency. Not till SEVERAL parents complained to the school, was a large number of teachers trained at my child's school. A teacher (employee covered by WSIB Ontario) at the school also had a medical emergency later that same month, the school principal who had the only first aid training was in the building at the time, but not at the time of my child's emergency.
Workplace Safety and Insurance Board First Aid Information
In Canada, first aid certificates can be issued by one of four training organizations that provide first aid training in up to ten provinces and three territories (thus, nationally) Canadian Red Cross Society, (Royal)Lifesaving Society (Canada), St. John Ambulance, and Canadian Ski Patrol.
Ontario Approved First Aid Courses
Workplace Safety and Insurance Act
(1) A first aid station shall contain,
(a) a first aid box containing the items required by this Regulation; and
(b) a notice board displaying,
(i) the Board’s poster known as Form 82,
(ii) the valid first aid certificates of qualification of the trained workers on duty, and
(iii) an inspection card with spaces for recording the date of the most recent inspection of the first aid box and the signature of the person making the inspection. R.R.O. 1990, Reg. 1101, s. 1 (1).
The school also violated this regulation by not having valid first aid certificates of qualification of the trained workers {teachers or other staff} on duty at the first aid station.
In theory one teacher could complain to the Ontario Teacher's Union that they are working in a unsafe environment with no one trained in CPR/ First Aid, while another teacher could complain to the Ontario Teacher's Union they are feeling pressured to take a First Aid Course. If I knew this information I would have filled a complaint with WSIB, not "just" have asked a person running for the position of school trustee, to see if they knew that teachers did not need to be trained in First Aid/ CPR. She was shocked when she did her own research and discovered that only two teachers were trained in First Aid/ CPR at her own child's school. (2010) She talked to the school trusties (at the time) in each ward in our city, who told her that teachers are not mandated to take First Aid/ CPR training.
A teaching assistant told me, in private, that she avoids getting First Aid/ CPR training because she would be more likely to get a student who had more medical needs.
I wish to thank all the parents who complained to the school my child attended, that did not have one teacher with first aid training. I now would like it to become mandatory for all teachers to have currant First Aid and CPR training. Tell your trusties, your MPs you want all teachers (who are able bodied) to get the training.
Please share with other parents, the fact that Ontario teachers do not need current First Aid training under current laws.
If you wish to share your story (anonymously or by name)contact firstaidinschools@outlook.com I've had a lot of spam on this post, ADs mostly for First Aid Training.
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