St John Ambulance

I buy many of my emergency supplies from this branch. The staff is friendly, and when I shop there, I am supporting a local non-​profit organization. I have also taken all of my first aid training with SJA since I was in teenager in high school.

Love this branch. I’ve never had a bad experience here. The instructors are always great. Everyone is really friendly, professional, and helpful. I dislike having to recertify every year, but I always have a good experience with this branch. I’ve tried other companies over the years, yet I always end up coming back here. Love that you can book online. Highly recommended!

I was recently asked to be one of the First Aid attendants at work which required me to obtain my First Aid Certificate. It’s been a long time since I’d taken the course so was a bit nervous. The students in my class were quite an eclectic mix. Our teacher, Martin, was awesome. He went over everything in detail, taking the time to answer specific questions pertaining to each of our industries, all with a great sense of humor. Lord knows he needed the latter with my antics. After drawing a smiley face on the bandage of my colleague’s fake wound I’d dressed, I was presented with a blow-​up latex glove animal for my efforts.
It was a heck of a lot of information to absorb in just 8 hours, but somehow we managed through. It helped that our instructor emphasized some key points that we’d have to answer in the test. My body was sore for days after performing CPR on those freaky looking «Annie» dolls for hours on end, but it’s a lesson I won’t soon forget.
For anyone out there who are required to take First Aid like me — it’s not so bad when you have instructors like Martin teaching the courses. The day goes by so fast, and you’ll come out the other end having learned something valuable that could save somebody’s life one day.

SO… like any good retail manager. I am required by law to have my first aid certificate… I have put this off forever and was dreading the day I would finally have to take training. that day finally came today. and it was actually not that bad. in fact I almost enjoyed myself!
The teacher, Sadia, was very sweet… laid back. explained all the key points and sorta hinted at what to focus on for the test… she was great at answering any questions and took her time with everyone.
The amount of information you have to digest in just 8 hours is intense. so they give you lots of breaks to mentally cleanse…
My fave part was the roll playing… I was totally that bad kid in class that kept giggling and cracking jokes… lucky for me my classmates were all super cool and didn’t mind the smart ass in the corner… I have to say that the «Annie» dolls that you practice on for some of the class are super creepy and I am pretty sure one of them winked at me mischievously. I’m sleeping with one eye open tonight!
For all of you out there that will have to take this class for mandatory reason. don’t sweat it. it’s not so bad and the day flies by… in fact you actually feel like you have learned something useful that could really benefit someone someday… woot woot for saving lives!