Residential care settings: first-aid and CPR standards

First Aid & CPR Haiti

In Haiti, care for seniors and vulnerable adults is provided mainly in residential settings and through the home-care and NGO market. Care staff are frequently expected to hold first-aid and CPR training so they can respond quickly in an emergency, before help arrives.

Settings concerned

Residential settings and home-care services for seniors and vulnerable adults; auxiliary/care-aide training runs through nursing schools, with no well-documented uniform national regulation.

The first-aid requirement

Care staff are frequently expected to be able to act with adults in an emergency: nursing-school auxiliary/care-aide training embeds first aid, and the NGO and home-care segment accepts a standalone recognized CPR/first-aid certificate. The exact requirement is set by the employer and the care setting rather than by a single national law.

A recognized, up-to-date first-aid certificate is the way to meet this expectation; it is in addition to the worker's occupational training and should 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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References

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