Residential care settings: first-aid and CPR standards

First Aid & CPR Ohio

In Ohio, residential care settings, home-care services and home-health agencies caring for vulnerable adults and seniors rely on aides who can act in an emergency. To keep residents safe, these settings require their care staff to hold hands-on CPR training.

Settings concerned

Residential care facilities, home-care settings and home-health agencies; home-care-attendant providers must hold hands-on (not solely internet-based) CPR, and the State Tested Nurse Aide (STNA) credential covers home-health-aide training.

The first-aid requirement

For home-care-attendant providers, CPR certification must come from a class that is not solely internet-based, with hands-on training and a return demonstration; the STNA credential also satisfies home-health-aide training requirements for staff caring for vulnerable adults and seniors.

A recognized, up-to-date first-aid and CPR certificate is the way to meet this requirement; 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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