About Us
Goodwin First Aid was established in 2001. The founder of the company felt that there had to be a better way to teach first aid. He wanted more doing and less sitting and watching videos. That is when he came up with the motto “First Aid is a participation activity, not a spectators sport”. This is why we use casualty simulations, experiential learning, and hands on teaching methods. You need to have the physical skills and the theory to really feel confident in a first aid situation. All of our instructors have strong wilderness and experiential education backgrounds.
Eric Goodfellow: Principal Instructor
Eric has over 20 years experience working with the public. He has worked with many different age categories from toddlers to seniors. He has worked as a professional wilderness guide, a group home supervisor, and as a camp director. Eric has been instructing first aid for over a decade and has taught for the public, summer camps, child service agencies, the private oil and gas sector, and for native populations on reserves. Safety and the steps to ensure safety when working with anyone have always been of utmost importance to Eric, it was this consciousness that lead him to become a first aid instructor over a decade ago.
Eric's combination of field experience and teaching experience make him knowledgeable and informative. Goodwin First Aid Services is proud to have Eric as our principal instructor.
Dino Mariani: Assistant Instructor
Dino has been guiding and teaching for the past 12 years. In that time, he has been involved with many diverse groups, organizations, and individuals including running adventure & ski days for the Chinniki Youth Program. Through his degree at the University of Calgary he has extensive experience in Leadership, Communication, Glacier & Crevasse Rescue, High Angle Rope Rescue, Search & Rescue, Leadership in the Outdoors, Group Facilitation, Emergency Action Procedures, Wilderness First Aid, Avalanche Rescue, Wilderness Survival and teaching.
Dino has been a Standard & Wilderness First Aid Instructor for the past year teaching in areas such as; Morley Native Reserve, YMCA Camp Chief Hector, Calgary Board of Education, YWCA and Community Centres.
