Ottawa First Responder & Emergency Medical Responder

Join us for an advanced life-saving training course in Ottawa! Our Professional Responder program includes multiple course levels including First Responder, Emergency Medical Responder, Emergency Medical Responder Upgrade, First Responder Recertification and Emergency Medical Responder Recertification.

Each of these courses are designed to teach first responders various skills ranging from CPR to trauma to transporting patients. Learn from our highly-skilled instructors and practice with top-notch equipment. After completing your Professional Responder course with us, you will leave feeling confident in your life-saving skills!

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First Responder – Ottawa

Emergency Medical Responder (EMR) – Ottawa

EMR Upgrade – Ottawa

First Responder Recert – Ottawa

Emergency Medical Responder (EMR) Recert – Ottawa

Why Choose Coast2Coast for EMR and FR Training?

Train with instructors who have personal experience working as first responders!
Practice your rescue and resuscitation skills with high-quality training equipment
High equipment – participant ratio
Earn a “Practice-Your-Skills Pass” and attend future EMR courses to practice your hands-on skills at no cost (if you wish to earn a valid certificate, you must register and pay for the course)
Increase your chances of being contacted when applying for future event coverage service positions
At Coast2Coast, we host First Responder and Emergency Medical Responder training courses throughout Ontario unlike other training providers

First Responder

Duration:
40 hours teaching time
8:00 AM – 6:00 PM
4-day training

Course Content:

The Professional Responder
Responding to the Call
Infection Prevention and Control
Anatomy and Physiology
Assessment
Airway Management and Respiratory Emergencies
Circulatory Emergencies
Shock
Hemorrhage and Soft Tissue Trauma
Musculoskeletal Injuries
Chest, Abdominal and Pelvic Injuries
Head and Spinal Injuries
Acute and Chronic Illnesses
Poisoning
Environmental Illnesses
Pregnancy, Labour and Delivery
Special Populations
Crisis Intervention
Reaching, Lifting and Extricating Patients
Multiple-Casualty Incidents

Requirements:

100% attendance of the course
75% score on the multiple choice knowledge test
Successful demonstration of required skills
Successfully complete minimum of two practical scenarios (one medical, one trauma)

Certification:

Certificate will be issued, valid for 3 years

First Responder Recert

Duration:
20 hours teaching time
8:00 AM – 6:00 PM
2-day training

Course Content:

The Professional Responder
Responding to the Call
Infection Prevention and Control
Anatomy and Physiology
Assessment
Airway Management and Respiratory Emergencies
Circulatory Emergencies
Shock
Hemorrhage and Soft Tissue Trauma
Musculoskeletal Injuries
Chest, Abdominal and Pelvic Injuries
Head and Spinal Injuries
Acute and Chronic Illnesses
Poisoning
Environmental Illnesses
Pregnancy, Labour and Delivery
Special Populations
Crisis Intervention
Reaching, Lifting and Extricating Patients
Multiple-Casualty Incidents

Requirements:

Proof of valid First Responder Canadian Red Cross Certification
100% attendance of the course
75% score on the multiple choice knowledge test
Successful demonstration of required skills
Successfully complete minimum of two practical scenarios (one medical, one trauma)

Certification:

Certificate will be issued, valid for 3 years

Emergency Medical Responder

Duration:
80 hours teaching time
8:00 AM – 6:00 PM
8-day training

Course Content:

The Professional Responder
Responding to the Call
Infection Prevention and Control
Anatomy and Physiology
Assessment
Airway Management and Respiratory Emergencies
Circulatory Emergencies
Shock
Hemorrhage and Soft Tissue Trauma
Musculoskeletal Injuries
Chest, Abdominal and Pelvic Injuries
Head and Spinal Injuries
Acute and Chronic Illnesses
Poisoning
Environmental Illnesses
Pregnancy, Labour and Delivery
Special Populations
Crisis Intervention
Reaching, Lifting and Extricating Patients
Transportation
Multiple-Casualty Incidents
Pharmacology
Marine Environment
Workplace

Requirements:

Must be certified in Standard First Aid & CPR-C
100% attendance of the course
75% score on the multiple choice knowledge test
Successful demonstration of required skills
Successfully complete minimum of two practical scenarios (one medical, one trauma)

Certification:

Certificate will be issued, valid for 3 years

Emergency Medical Responder Upgrade

Duration:
40 hours teaching time
8:00 AM – 6:00 PM
4-day training

Course Content:

The Professional Responder
Responding to the Call
Infection Prevention and Control
Anatomy and Physiology
Assessment
Airway Management and Respiratory Emergencies
Circulatory Emergencies
Shock
Hemorrhage and Soft Tissue Trauma
Musculoskeletal Injuries
Chest, Abdominal and Pelvic Injuries
Head and Spinal Injuries
Acute and Chronic Illnesses
Poisoning
Environmental Illnesses
Pregnancy, Labour and Delivery
Special Populations
Crisis Intervention
Reaching, Lifting and Extricating Patients
Transportation
Multiple-Casualty Incidents
Pharmacology
Marine Environment
Workplace

Requirements:

Proof of valid First Responder Canadian Red Cross Certificate
100% attendance of the course
75% score on the multiple choice knowledge test
Successful demonstration of required skills
Successfully complete minimum of two practical scenarios (one medical, one trauma)

Certification:

Certificate will be issued, valid for 3 years

Emergency Medical Responder Recert

Duration:
40 hours teaching time
8:00 AM – 6:00 PM
4-day training

Course Content:

The Professional Responder
Responding to the Call
Infection Prevention and Control
Anatomy and Physiology
Assessment
Airway Management and Respiratory Emergencies
Circulatory Emergencies
Shock
Hemorrhage and Soft Tissue Trauma
Musculoskeletal Injuries
Chest, Abdominal and Pelvic Injuries
Head and Spinal Injuries
Acute and Chronic Illnesses
Poisoning
Environmental Illnesses
Pregnancy, Labour and Delivery
Special Populations
Crisis Intervention
Reaching, Lifting and Extricating Patients
Transportation
Multiple-Casualty Incidents
Pharmacology
Marine Environment
Workplace

Requirements:

Proof of valid First Responder Canadian Red Cross Certificate
100% attendance of the course
75% score on the multiple choice knowledge test
Successful demonstration of required skills
Successfully complete minimum of two practical scenarios (one medical, one trauma)

Certification:

Certificate will be issued, valid for 3 years

Emergency Medical Responder Courses in Ottawa

Coast2Coast is proud to provide Emergency Medical Responder and First Responder training in Ottawa. As a leading provider of Canadian Red Cross First Aid and CPR/AED training, our goal is to instill confidence in our students, preparing them for their careers.

First Responders play a major role in our communities, so it is important that they get the best training possible. While training with Coast2Coast, our students will practice multiple scenarios they may face at work. Learn how to extract a patient from a car accident, practice airway management and oxygen therapy techniques and so much more! Practice using equipment and tools such as backboards, KEDs, full-body sized manikins, nasopharyngeal tubes, etc.

The Professional Responder instructors at Coast2Coast have years of experience, providing our students exceptional training. Learn from paramedics, field medics and more and complete this course approved by the Paramedic Association of Canada.

Private Training - Professional Responder Courses in Ottawa

Do you have a group of eight or more participants? If so, you may be eligible for a private training course! Contact us to set up your group for a private Professional Responder course in Ottawa. Private training creates flexibility for our clients: pick dates that work best with your schedule and choose your training location. We’ll send our certified Canadian Red Cross instructor and equipment to you! Private training includes the following benefits:

Course discounts
Centralized billing and reporting
Easy management
WSIB approved training
Canadian Red Cross certificate, valid for 3 years (BLS – 1 year)

Some of Our Happy Clients

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Hafiz Rahman

The instructor lady is best if someone very lazy and hard to learn so in this course Nabila is very best teacher

Response from the owner: Hafiz, thanks for leaving your fantastic review! We’re very happy that you had an enjoyable training course with us. Anyone can be a hero and now you’re ready to save a life since you have completed a safety training course with us! Hope to see you again for recertification. Stay safe!

Azza Serag Eldin

I recertified my First Aid & CPR on Saturday with Carel!She’s amazing, I didn’t feel bored at all! Lots of questions & engaging us in practical training! I hope to have my next course 3 years from now with her again! Thank you Carel for such a great experience

Isaac Kuepfer

Tracy did a Great job and made the training very enjoyable and kept us all engaged. I really like the different ways/styles she did some of the modules to mix things up a bit. The same training was delivered just in a different way, Great Job and I Thoroughly Enjoyed It!!!! 😀

Rajit Kumar

Perfect trainner..He is full energetic and explained each things very well.

Felicity Albano

Ezz Amazing good instructor was very knowledgeable

Kyra Lester

Ezz is a great instructor with a fantastic background and knowledge base!

Abiola Adewale

It’s so exciting and interesting. Good and friendly Instructor.I’m glad it’s Coast2Coast.

Riya Christian

It was an amazing experience with coast to coast while training for standard cpr. Our instructor tracy was very helping and taught in a way that we gain knowledge and skill in a one way

Lovely Panavila

Loved the training especially with our instructor Tracy. Had fun with learning, skill practicing and involving all of us in the class discussions. Definitely recommend this course and the instructor. You wont feel the boredom of first aid class with group discussions and games for learning.

Janina J

1860-Ranjana Verma

I have attended my BLS class and my experience was so good with Ezz.

Zinav Prajapati

I got BLS training under instructer name EZZ. And it was very good and nicely trained us. I like his training methods.

Muzhda Omari

MYLAH CASPE

Excellent Course!

Femie Caduco

Interactive training. The instructor (Dr. Ezz) is very knowledgeable and competent. We learned a lot from him. Highly recommended.

Response from the owner: We strive to offer the best training experience possible, and that is why your review is very important to us! We are glad that your course with Ezz was insightful and you could learn the important life-saving skills to potentially save a life in the future. Thanks for choosing Coast2Coast for a great learning experience. We hope to see you soon for recertification. Stay safe!

Mallori Sloetjes

BLS-HCP with Ezz! He is very friendly, informative and knowledgeable, highly recommend taking this course!

Response from the owner: We would like to thank you on behalf of our team for trusting us with your training needs. We’re happy to see that you enjoyed your recent training course with us. Emergencies can happen at any time and we’re glad you took the steps to become more prepared. We hope you learned a lot and left feeling confident in your life-saving skills. See you soon for recertification! Stay safe.

Chadan Alhussieni

It was amazing , kassy was amazing ,very helpful ,caring and very professional . She made the training enjoyable and useful

Response from the owner: Hi Chadan! Your review is greatly appreciated. We’re glad you took action and completed a safety training course! You never know when an emergency will occur whether that’s at home, at work or while you’re out shopping. Thank you for choosing Coast2Coast! We certainly hope to see you again in the near future for recertification. Stay safe!

Jennet Muhibullo

It was such a nice experience, the instructor Azra was so good at teaching and she made me have a great time learning. Had a very good time. I encourage everyone to get their CPR license with coast2coast

Response from the owner: Jennet, thanks for leaving your fantastic review! We’re very happy that you had an enjoyable training course with us. Anyone can be a hero and now you’re ready to save a life since you have completed a safety training course with us! Hope to see you again for recertification. Stay safe!

Dol Sang1990

It was easy and friendly environment as well as Adel was a nice and knowledgeable instructor.

Response from the owner: Hey Dol! Your review is greatly appreciated. We’re glad you took action and completed a safety training course! You never know when an emergency will occur whether that’s at home, at work or while you’re out shopping. Thank you for choosing Coast2Coast! We certainly hope to see you again in the near future for recertification. Stay safe!

Rahele Rahimi

Response from the owner: Hey Rahele! Your review is greatly appreciated. We’re glad you took action and completed a safety training course! You never know when an emergency will occur whether that’s at home, at work or while you’re out shopping. Thank you for choosing Coast2Coast! We certainly hope to see you again in the near future for recertification. Stay safe!

marissa zammit

Walaa was very nice and very educational. I hope I get her again next year for the BLS course.

Response from the owner: Hey Marissa! Your review is greatly appreciated. We’re glad you took action and completed a BLS training course! You never know when an emergency will occur whether that’s at home, at work or while you’re out shopping. Thank you for choosing Coast2Coast! We can’t wait to see you again next year for recertification. Stay safe!

Zoryana Kopko

Great course and experience!Thank you, Walaa!

Response from the owner: Hi Zoryana! We strive to offer the best training experience possible, and that is why your review is very important to us! We’re so glad we were able to train you, someone who could potentially save a life in the future. Thanks for choosing Coast2Coast to learn life-saving skills. We hope to see you soon for recertification. Stay safe!

Mathew Mathew

Walaa the course instructor was very helpful and knowledgeable provide lots of useful anecdotes and tips. Would recommend this BLS program.

Response from the owner: Hey Mathew! Thank you so much for your lovely review and recommendation. We’re absolutely thrilled that you had such a great BLS training course with Walaa as your instructor. We aim to provide the best learning experience possible and hope you left feeling confident in your life-saving skills! If you have any questions regarding the course, please do not hesitate to contact us! Hope to see you soon for your next training. Stay safe!

Caren Chen

Walaa was very engaging and made the course enjoyable

Response from the owner: Hi Caren! We would like to thank you on behalf of our team for trusting us with your training needs. We’re happy to see that you enjoyed your recent training course with us. Emergencies can happen at any time and we’re glad you took the steps to become more prepared. We hope you learned a lot and left feeling confident in your life-saving skills. See you soon for recertification! Stay safe.

Oscar Forward

Carol was an awesome teacher. She made it fun and interesting throughout the course.

Response from the owner: Hi Oscar! Your review is greatly appreciated. We’re glad you took action and completed a safety training course! You never know when an emergency will occur whether that’s at home, at work or while you’re out shopping. Thank you for choosing Coast2Coast! We certainly hope to see you again in the near future for recertification. Stay safe!

Nelisha Bhandari

Response from the owner: Nelisha, thanks for leaving your fantastic review! We’re very happy that you had an enjoyable training course with us. Anyone can be a hero and now you’re ready to save a life since you have completed a safety training course with us! Hope to see you again for recertification. Stay safe!

Athlene Green

Nov 2, 2024: Took the Standard first aid + CPR C class. Class was informative and well paced. Good student interaction and involvement. Instructor was Syeda and she was great, 5/5!Nov 3, 2024: Took the BLS course. It was a great review of the basics of CPR. The instructor Elhamy made it very fun and the repetition he made us say and do helped stick it to memory. 5/5!Will definitely come back here for my recertification and tell my peers how easy and great this place was 🙂

Response from the owner: Hi Athlene! Thank you so much for your lovely review. We’re absolutely thrilled that you had such a great experience with Syeda and Elhamy as your instructors for Standard First Aid and BLS. We aim to provide the best learning experience possible and hope you left feeling confident in your life-saving skills! If you have any questions regarding the course, please do not hesitate to contact us! We can’t wait to see you again for your next training. Stay safe!

Daniella DeBartolo

Did my recertification and it was super fun and such a helpful course! My instructor Walaa was very knowledge and gave great information and tips. Will be returning to Coast 2 Coast next year for sure

Response from the owner: Hi Daniella! We strive to offer the best training experience possible, and that is why your review is very important to us! We’re so glad we were able to train you in Recertification, someone who could potentially save a life in the future. Thanks for choosing Coast2Coast to learn life-saving skills. We can’t wait to see you again for your next recertification. Stay safe!

Farooq Khan

Excellent Instructors they work hard during course. Very cooperative team with safe and healthy environment.

Response from the owner: Hey Farooq! Your review is greatly appreciated. We’re glad you took action and completed a safety training course! You never know when an emergency will occur whether that’s at home, at work or while you’re out shopping. Thank you for choosing Coast2Coast! We certainly hope to see you again in the near future for recertification. Stay safe!

ronald d

It was a good experience. Azra taught us by allowing to participate each attendees.

Response from the owner: Hi Ronald! Your review is greatly appreciated. We’re glad you took action and completed a safety training course! You never know when an emergency will occur whether that’s at home, at work or while you’re out shopping. Thank you for choosing Coast2Coast! We certainly hope to see you again in the near future for recertification. Stay safe!

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Response from the owner: Hi Aworanti! We would like to thank you on behalf of our team for trusting us with your training needs. We’re happy to see that you enjoyed your recent training course with us. Emergencies can happen at any time and we’re glad you took the steps to become more prepared. We hope you learned a lot and left feeling confident in your life-saving skills. See you soon for recertification! Stay safe.

Tolu

This course has prepared me understand the fundamentals and the skills needed in administrating First Aid and CPR in any emergency. Mohammed, an amazing instructor who left nothing untouched. Patience & detailed in his teaching and ready to answer any question. Time spent here was not wasted. I will definitely recommend Coast2Coast to anyone looking to get trained.

Response from the owner: Hi Tolu! We would like to thank you on behalf of our team for trusting us with your First Aid and CPR training needs. We’re happy to see that you enjoyed your recent training course with us. Emergencies can happen at any time and we’re glad you took the steps to become more prepared. We’re glad you learned a lot and left feeling confident in your life-saving skills. See you soon for recertification! Stay safe.

Euan Casino

I did my Standard First Aid with Mohamed Ezz. He was the most amazing and funniest instructor I EVER HAD.

Response from the owner: Hey Euan! Your review is greatly appreciated. We’re glad you took action and completed a Standard First Aid training course with us! You never know when an emergency will occur whether that’s at home, at work or while you’re out shopping. Thank you for choosing Coast2Coast! We certainly hope to see you again in the near future for recertification. Stay safe!

Hanifa abid

The instructor Mohamed Ezz was incredible. I loved how thorough he was with teaching the information and answering questions. He made the course super fun by recreating scenarios with his students and engaging everyone by encouraging participation. Highly recommend the course it’s so informative and extremely important as well as the instructor Mohamed Ezz who did an amazing job teaching!

Response from the owner: Hi Hanifa! We strive to offer the best training experience possible, and that is why your review is very important to us! We’re so glad we were able to train you, someone who could potentially save a life in the future. Thanks for choosing Coast2Coast to learn life-saving skills. We hope to see you soon for recertification. Stay safe!

Ashley Chabot

EZZ is an amazing and thorough instructor. Very hands on and informative. Great class!

Response from the owner: Hey Ashley! We would like to thank you on behalf of our team for trusting us with your training needs. We’re happy to see that you enjoyed your recent training course with us. Emergencies can happen at any time and we’re glad you took the steps to become more prepared. We hope you learned a lot and left feeling confident in your life-saving skills. See you soon for recertification! Stay safe.

Muskan Rowjani

Great class and good instructor

Response from the owner: Hi Muskan! Your review is greatly appreciated. We’re glad you took action and completed a safety training course! You never know when an emergency will occur whether that’s at home, at work or while you’re out shopping. Thank you for choosing Coast2Coast! We certainly hope to see you again in the near future for recertification. Stay safe!

Munir

It was great class

Response from the owner: Hey Munir! We strive to offer the best training experience possible, and that is why your review is very important to us! We’re so glad we were able to train you, someone who could potentially save a life in the future. Thanks for choosing Coast2Coast to learn life-saving skills. We hope to see you soon for recertification. Stay safe!

Rebecca Jerry

Response from the owner: Thanks for your amazing review, Rebecca! We hope you had a great training experience. If you have any questions about the information that you learned, please do not hesitate to reach out! Our team would be happy to clarify any skills you’ve learned. See you soon for recertification! Stay safe.

Mutab Unoos

Thank you to Mitra, very good teacher and teaches at a pace where everyone can understand

Response from the owner: Hey Mutab! Thank you so much for your lovely review. We’re absolutely thrilled that you had such a great training course with Mitra as your instructor. We aim to provide the best learning experience possible and hope you left feeling confident in your life-saving skills! If you have any questions regarding the course, please do not hesitate to contact us! Hope to see you soon for your next training. Stay safe!

Manal Amir

It was really good and useful class thank you Mr Elhamy

Response from the owner: Hey Manal! Your review is greatly appreciated. We’re glad you took action and completed a safety training course! You never know when an emergency will occur whether that’s at home, at work or while you’re out shopping. Thank you for choosing Coast2Coast! We certainly hope to see you again in the near future for recertification. Stay safe!

EXOBuddy 123

Azra was amazing. I understood the course as well as how to do cpr and my first aid. Would recommend for the upcoming future for any medical situation

Response from the owner: We would like to thank you on behalf of our team for trusting us with your First Aid and CPR training needs. We’re happy to see that you enjoyed your recent training course with us. Emergencies can happen at any time and we’re glad you took the steps to become more prepared. We hope you learned a lot and left feeling confident in your life-saving skills. See you soon for recertification! Stay safe.

Olami Akinfemiwa

Azra made the class pleasant and easy to follow!

Response from the owner: Olami, thanks for leaving your fantastic review! We’re very happy that you had an enjoyable training course with us. Anyone can be a hero and now you’re ready to save a life since you have completed a safety training course with us! Hope to see you again for recertification. Stay safe!

Neera Sharma

Response from the owner: Hi Neera! We strive to offer the best training experience possible, and that is why your review is very important to us! We’re so glad we were able to train you, someone who could potentially save a life in the future. Thanks for choosing Coast2Coast to learn life-saving skills. We hope to see you soon for recertification. Stay safe!

Shruti Sharma

I recently attended a First Aid and CPR training class led by Instructor Elhamy at Coast2Coast, and I couldn’t have been more impressed. Elhamy’s teaching style is exceptional—he covered every essential aspect of first aid and CPR, ensuring we understood each step clearly. What stood out was his ability to keep the class engaged and make the material both interesting and accessible. I feel confident in my skills and am more prepared for emergencies. Highly recommend Coast2Coast for anyone looking to gain or refresh their First Aid and CPR knowledge.

Response from the owner: Hi Shruti! Thank you so much for your lovely review and recommendation. We’re absolutely thrilled that you had such a great training course with Elhamy as your instructor. We aim to provide the best learning experience possible and we’re thrilled to hear that you left feeling confident in your life-saving skills! If you have any questions regarding the course, please do not hesitate to contact us! Hope to see you soon for your next training. Stay safe!

Amanpreet Kaur

It was a great experience with the instructor Syeda. She well explained all the First Aid and CPR practically and I was really satisfied with the service. Thank you, Syeda!

Response from the owner: Hi Amanpreet! We strive to offer the best training experience possible, and that is why your review is very important to us! We’re so glad we were able to train you in First Aid and CPR, someone who could potentially save a life in the future. Thanks for choosing Coast2Coast to learn life-saving skills. We hope to see you soon for recertification. Stay safe!

Kuyoro Omolara

The practical section with Syeda was wonderful and all-encompassing. I really enjoyed the class and training.

Response from the owner: Hi Kuyoro! Thank you so much for your lovely review. We’re absolutely thrilled that you had such a great training course with Syeda as your instructor. We aim to provide the best learning experience possible and hope you left feeling confident in your life-saving skills! If you have any questions regarding the course, please do not hesitate to contact us! Hope to see you soon for your next training. Stay safe!

Sandeep Kaur

Had a great experience. Syeda elaborated everything with detail.

Response from the owner: Hi Sandeep! We would like to thank you on behalf of our team for trusting us with your training needs. We’re happy to see that you enjoyed your recent training course with us. Emergencies can happen at any time and we’re glad you took the steps to become more prepared. We hope you learned a lot and left feeling confident in your life-saving skills. See you soon for recertification! Stay safe.

Mimmie Ampomah

My experience was good all thanks to SyedaSuch a wonderful instructor

vannila sinnadurai

Syeda did very well

Taran saini

The training was amazing. Everything explained well. Syeda did a great job to explain and practice practical skills.

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