Residential care settings: first-aid and CPR standards

First Aid & CPR Tennessee

In Tennessee, residential settings that care for vulnerable adults and seniors — assisted living residences, nursing homes and home health services — rely on nurse aides who are ready to respond to a medical emergency. To keep residents safe, these settings expect their front-line staff to be trained in first aid and CPR.

Settings concerned

Assisted living residences, nursing homes (long-term care) and home health services; nurse aide training and the registry are overseen by the Tennessee Department of Health, Health Facilities Commission.

The first-aid requirement

Care staff working with residents are expected to hold current CPR training. In Tennessee, the 75-hour nurse aide programs require a current Basic Life Support for Health Care Providers CPR certification, so graduates entering assisted living, home health and long-term care are already prepared to respond to cardiac and choking emergencies.

A recognized, up-to-date CPR and first-aid certificate is the way to meet this requirement; it is in addition to the aide'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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