Residential care settings: first-aid and CPR standards

First Aid & CPR Rhode Island

In Rhode Island, nursing homes, assisted-living residences and home-health services caring for vulnerable adults and seniors rely on aides who can respond to a medical emergency. To keep residents safe, these settings expect their care staff to hold CPR certification.

Settings concerned

Nursing homes, assisted-living residences and home-health agencies; home health aides must first become Certified Nursing Assistants (CNAs), whose programs require CPR.

The first-aid requirement

Many Rhode Island CNA programs require CPR certification to enter and include first-aid/CPR certificates, and because home health aides must first be Certified Nursing Assistants, the CPR component reaches the whole home-care and residential aide workforce serving vulnerable adults and seniors.

A recognized, up-to-date first-aid and CPR certificate is the way to meet this expectation; it is in addition to the worker's occupational training and must be renewed periodically.

How to meet it

A recognized, up-to-date first-aid and CPR certificate meets this requirement. It is in addition to the required training or assessment, and is renewed periodically.

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For organizations: keep your team compliant

When the certificate is an employer requirement, the real challenge is tracking. Our organization system manages a team’s training: a certification dashboard, deadline tracking, automatic renewal reminders and proof archiving. An organization keeps its whole staff current without watching every date by hand.

Training aligned with the latest emergency-care standards

Our CPR, AED and first-aid training is developed in line with the most recent international guidelines for emergency cardiovascular care and first aid.

We rigorously follow the recommendations of ILCOR (International Liaison Committee on Resuscitation), the international body responsible for the scientific evaluation and development of global resuscitation standards. These recommendations serve as a reference for health organizations, institutions and professional orders worldwide — and are updated as scientific and clinical evidence evolves.

Keep your skills current with confidence

Every intervention can make a difference. Keeping CPR and emergency-care skills current is both a professional requirement and a responsibility toward patients, colleagues and the public.

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