Residential care settings: first-aid and CPR standards

First Aid & CPR British Columbia

In British Columbia, assisted-living residences and home-support services care for seniors and adults who can no longer live fully independently. These settings are staffed by health care assistants who must be able to respond to a medical emergency with first aid and CPR.

Settings concerned

Assisted-living residences and home-support services, regulated under the Community Care and Assisted Living Act, staffed by certified Health Care Assistants (HCA).

The first-aid requirement

The provincial Health Care Assistant certificate — required to work in assisted-living and home-support settings — requires a Standard First Aid with CPR Level C certificate before the first clinical placement, so front-line care staff can respond to adults in an emergency and use an AED.

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