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FACULTY FOR FIRST AID
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Masters Level:
Charlie Greenaway
OFA Level 1, 2, 3 & TE and All Safety Training
Charlie has been involved in first aid for the past 25 years, teaching with the St John facility in Port Moody for the past 12 years. Charlie has worked as a fire fighter and currently serves as a Paramedic with BC Ambulance Services. His energy and enthusiasm for the subject are second to none, Charlie is renowned for bringing real life scenarios into the training experience. He is delighted to now be instructing the advanced Level 2 & 3 Work Safe BC courses close to home on the Sunshine Coast. We are also very appreciative of the volunteer time that Charlie has devoted to our initiatives particularly though the WCB accreditation process. Charlie & his wife also operate Coast Home Services , a local carpet and window cleaning business.
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Terry Fortin
OFA Level 1, 2, & 3
Terry has been teaching First Aid since 1995 with a strong background in occupational first aid through work as a mine rescue technician and occupational first aid attendant in the mining industry since 1989. He teaches Occupational First Aid for Worksafe BC and St. John’s ambulance curriculum from levels 1 through 3. Terry, who has lived in Powell River since 1989, is married with two grown children and travels all over the province teaching First Aid.
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Instructor Level:
Eric Sullivan
OFA & SJA Level 1, Standard & ECC Instructor.
Eric has been teaching First Aid on the Sunshine Coast since 1998. He is a teacher for School district #46, currently at Gibsons Elementary. Not surprisingly Eric plays a lead role for the School District in occupational, health and safety. It was Eric's parents, Linda and Gerald Sullivan who started 'Samaritan Training' on the Sunshine Coast so you might say he grew up on this "stuff". When we first took over the business, Eric worked more weekends for us than was reasonable for a young man with a family. Eric's commitment to ensuring that the Sunshine Coast has people qualified in First Aid is absolutely exemplary. He is an asset to our organization and to the Sunshine Coast.
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Marni Beggs
OFA Level 1
Marni has a Bachelor of Education and has been teaching OFA1 and Red Cross Courses for two years. She is the first aid attendant at Howe Sound Pulp and Paper. She has lived on the Sunshine Coast for six years and loves that the air is always so fresh and the scenery is so beautiful. She has a wide range of interests but is most passionate about yoga, boxing, and teaching. Her primary goal in teaching First Aid courses is to help students feel comfortable with their abilities as first aiders.
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Sue Duxbury
Sue has held an OFA3 since 1979 and worked with Gibsons Ambulance in the early 80's She has been involved with Sunshine Coast Search & Rescue since 1993 and also became educated in Wilderness First Aid and rope rescue courses. When not working as an archaeologist, Sue volunteers her services at all the local mountain bike races plus the Test of Metal in Squamish and for the last 3 years, the BC Bike Race.
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Tribute to a Master Instructor:
Eileen Bonaguro (1939 - May 17, 2011)
Eileen Bonaguro was an instructor with Samaritan Training and then Vital Training for many years. Prior to this, she earned a BSc in Biochemistry from UBC and worked in various research, laboratory, and first aid roles. She has lived throughout the world and enjoyed warm climates and many foreign adventures. On the Sunshine Coast, Eileen worked at thr Howe Sound Pulp & Paper, Gibsons Medial Clinic, BC Ambulance Service and on the Beachcombers TV show. Eileen loved the outdoors and was involved with the Sunshine Coast Search and Rescue, Citizens on Patrol, The Sunshine Coast Golf & Country Club, the Tetrahedron Ski Club as well as Girl Guides. Eileen will be missed by everyone who knew her.
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COPYRIGHT © VITAL TRAINING 2011
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