Residential care settings: first-aid and CPR standards

First Aid & CPR United Kingdom

In the United Kingdom, care homes, residential homes, nursing homes and domiciliary (home) care services support vulnerable adults and seniors who need ongoing care. To keep residents safe, these services rely on care staff trained in first aid and CPR.

Settings concerned

Care home, residential home, nursing home and domiciliary care service, regulated by the Care Quality Commission (CQC); frontline staff complete the sector-wide Care Certificate.

The first-aid requirement

The Care Certificate — the induction standard for all new care staff in care homes and home care — includes Standard 12 'Basic Life Support' (CPR, AED, choking) with a mandatory practical module, so staff on site can respond immediately to a cardiac emergency.

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