Red Cross Stay Safe! Course

(Home Alone Course)

(For youth age 9 or completed grade 3)

 

Monday June 29th, 2026

9:00am - 4:00pm

North Grenville Municipal Centre Suite B: 285 County Rd 44 Kemptville ON

 

Important information

• All training aids are provided
• Please wear appropriate clothing as we will be doing many hands on practical activities
• Please consider common allergies when bringing food
• Participants will receive a Canadian Red Stay Safe! Manual
• Participants will receive Red Cross certification upon successful completion of the course

 

Course Overview

Real-world scenarios often call on children to respond to challenges. The Stay Safe! program teaches applicable and age-appropriate skills, while increasing and reinforcing a youth’s capacity to improve his or her own safety. Whether in their community or on their own, this group will be given better tools to Stay Safe! in a variety of different situations.

Course Content

• Importance of responsibility and respect while being accountable for yourself
• Importance of setting and following rules around safety when staying on your own
• How to stay safe at home and within the community
• How to prepare, recognize and respond to unexpected situations, (i.e. inclement weather, strangers, unanticipated visits)
• First Aid Content:
  Check, Call, Care (includes phoning EMS/911), recovery position, conscious choking (adult/child/alone), feeling unwell, asthma (includes use of inhaler and spacer), anaphylaxis (includes use of EpiPen), poisoning, insect stings, wound care (i.e. minor cuts and scrapes, splinters, nosebleeds, bumps and bruises, life-threatening bleeding, burns)