Our Story

Our Story

We are the Authorities in First Aid Education. Every person on our team is an expert in their field. We offer the most diverse selection of First Aid Training Courses in Ontario with over 30 specialized courses, including Standard First Aid for beginners, up to Advanced Cardiac Life Support for healthcare professionals.

We provide the necessary training, required skills and confidence needed to save lives, with hands on experience and complete guidance from our team of industry leading educators.

From parents who are looking to elevate their first aid knowledge to first responders in search of a recertification course with the most relevant, up to date procedures in place, we have you covered.

The Crew 

Jeffrey Lee, B.Sc.N

Jeffrey obtained his B.Sc.N. (cum laude) from the University of Ottawa and RN license (College of Nurses of Ontario) in 2003. He currently is completing a Masters of Nursing at his alma mater. He also has completed individual nursing diplomas in emergency nursing, critical care nursing and perioperative nursing, plus nursing certificates in perianesthesia nursing and infection control & prevention. He has completed extensive coursework and training in emergency/disaster management and CBRNE.

Jeffrey has diverse work experience from pre-hospital care to critical care and held nursing licenses in BC and Quebec. He has worked with adult and pediatric populations in the fields of medical-surgical, emergency, ICU, PACU, mental health, infection control & prevention, and the operating room. The varied healthcare settings include large Canadian tertiary care centers, such as the TOH, CHEO, and VGH, and austere environments with the Canadian Armed Forces Health Services (CFHS), such as the Disaster Assistance Response Team (2005) and two combat tours (Role 3 hospital) in Kandahar, Afghanistan. He held the St John Ambulance provincial nursing officer post in Federal District (2003-2009) with care management of mass gatherings.

Jeffrey also has taught with many organizations, specifically the American Red Cross, the Canadian Red Cross, St John Ambulance, Heart and Stroke Foundation, Society of Trauma Nurses, ITLS International, and CFHS. He has instructorship in first aid, CPR, Emergency Medical Responder, BLS, ACLS, PALS, and ATCN. He is an experienced medical simulation facilitator and operator. He is an ATLS course coordinator for American College of Surgeons.

 

Jim Richards

Jim has over 25 years of experience in teaching First Aid. As well as a First Aid Instructor he is also a Casualty Simulation Instructor Trainer and is certified in Canine and Feline CPR. As well as teaching First Aid for the Red Cross, he has helped to set up their First Aid Response Team and their Disaster Services Teams. He has also taught for St. John Ambulance where he was in charge of all of the adult divisions for Federal District, and Heart and Stroke Foundation of Ontario. Jim retired from the Canadian Armed Forces, and had several deployments to such areas as the Golan Heights and Somalia. He has also volunteered his time to go to Jamaica and St. Kitts on behalf of St. John Ambulance to help teach First Aid. Currently, he is a member of the Reserves where he holds the rank of Captain. He also volunteers his time with the Navy League of Canada, where he is a volunteer Commanding Officer of NLCC.