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Am I first aid certified? |
I'm looking to join a First Aid Team on my campus and the application says "individuals must be certified in Standard First Aid and CPR C". I have a card by the American Heart Association that says "This card certifies that the above individual has successfully comopleted the national cognitive & skilss evaluations in accordance with the curriculum of the AHA for the BLS for Healthcare Providers (CPR & AED) Program." The CPR for Healthcare providers card only covers CPR and not first aid. The CPR certification that you have will completely cover the CPR requirement, but will do nothing for the first aid requirement. Your best bet would be to contact the First Aid Team and find out how to go about getting the first aid course done. Take the card to the campus First Aid Team and ask them. They are the ones who determine if they accept your credentials. Around here you have to go to a certified trainer every year and be re-certified for CPR. I'd think you could also ask about the certification in Standard First Aid. Yes your Healthcare Providers BLs card would definitely qualifiy you for this, Just double check with the leader of the team to find out for sure. Ok you are certified in CPR which is a start in the right direction. The BLS stands for basic life support which means that you can use the AED pack if needed to help save someones life. Now for the first aid part you are not certified. It is not indicated on your CPR card from the Heart Association. You must now find a first aid class to take and then you will be certified at the end of the class. Try the American Red Cross in your area to see when classes are going to be offered. Most of the time they put first aid and CPR classes together so that it is fresh for everyone and it never hurts to go over it again. You have the CPR and usually is good for 3 years before a recert is needed. You seem to still be alcking a firs aid course. There are several levels of first aid....red cross has their basic program really all the way up to first aid DOT first responder training - anything beyond that and you are in EMT territory. You look at a low of 3-4 hours for basic to maybe 60 hours for first responder |
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