Recognition by healthcare professionals

First Aid & CPR Haiti

In health care, protecting patients begins with staff whose emergency skills are current. In Haiti, nurses are licensed by the Ministry of Public Health, and for care roles a first-aid and CPR certificate is valued on the job. Here is what the rules and workplaces expect for your role — and how recognized, up-to-date, documented training meets it.

Health professionals: continuing education and up-to-date skills

Nurses in Haiti are licensed by the Ministère de la Santé Publique et de la Population (MSPP), and its Directorate of Training and Development in Health Sciences (DFPSS) oversees professional development in the health sciences. Nurses are expected to keep their clinical and emergency skills current in order to provide the best care.

No mandatory continuing-education cycle tied to permit renewal is publicly documented. The professional duty to maintain competence and to be able to act in an emergency is what drives ongoing training; a recognized, in-date credential is the practical way to evidence emergency skills.

No formal continuing-education hour requirement tied to permit renewal is confirmed; the MSPP/DFPSS oversees professional development but with no publicly documented mandatory cycle. No fixed number of hours should be assumed, and whether a CPR/BLS course counts toward continuing education is not documented.

The requirement is met by any recognized continuing-education activity on an eligible topic. CPR/AED, ACLS (advanced cardiovascular life support) and PALS are among the eligible activities; other topics also qualify (for example safe prescribing, suicide prevention or violence prevention). A single course therefore both meets the obligation and counts toward your hours — provided you keep the proof.

Eligible courses offered in your region

How training becomes recognized

Not all activities are equal. For continuing education to be recognized by a professional order, it must meet specific criteria:

  • the instructor’s competence;
  • the relevance and quality of the content;
  • the training framework;
  • the quality of the material provided;
  • mechanisms to monitor and assess participation.

Our training is designed to meet these criteria.

Rigorous online learning

Our training draws on the latest medical research and combines practical modules with a theoretical assessment. The resulting certification is credible and verifiable — presentable to your professional order and to your employer — and prepares you to excel in your practice.

Support and care staff: a certificate required to work

A CPR and first-aid course does not replace occupational training — it is added to it. To work with vulnerable people, a valid first-aid certificate is often required in addition to your professional training.

For support staff, auxiliary and care-aide training runs through nursing schools, where first aid is embedded in the programme. In the NGO and home-care segment, a recognized standalone CPR and first-aid certificate is accepted for these care roles — a credential obtained and then renewed, kept current and verifiable. National regulation of the role remains poorly documented.

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Attestation, certificate and invoice: proof your training is recognized

On successful completion, you receive:

  • an official attestation;
  • a certificate of completion;
  • a detailed invoice;
  • online access to your documents for as long as your certification remains valid.

These documents are the proof to present to your professional order to credit your hours, or to your employer to demonstrate your compliance.

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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