CPR inc. has brought together a team of passionate first aid instructors who teach first aid from personal experience.

JOSH VAN ALTENBERG – FOUNDER & OWNER

Josh has been a full time paramedic in the province of Ontario for over 20 years. He has been a field-training officer, health and safety officer and an EMS union representative during this time. Before becoming a paramedic, Josh worked in outdoor education, leading wilderness excursions with a focus on safety in nature.

Josh first became a first aid and CPR instructor in 1999. After spending two years teaching for Red Cross, The Heart & Stroke Foundation and other private agencies, he started Setmedic. Setmedic has provided first aid and CPR training by paramedics for 16 years. In 2017 he founded Canadian Paramedic Rescue Inc. to expand his network of paramedics and provide first class training and set medic services. He is passionate about teaching emergency health and safety.

SHAINA SILVER-BAIRD – OFFICE MANAGER

Shaina is passionate about logistics and the details that keep everything running. She’s worked as an administrator for Nightwood Theatre and CPR Inc.’s predecessor Setmedic.

When she’s not filling out spreadsheets she’s an actor, singer and arts educator.