Residential care settings: first-aid and CPR standards

First Aid & CPR Arkansas

In Arkansas, long-term care and residential settings serving vulnerable adults and seniors rely on nurse aides who must be prepared to respond to a medical emergency. Care staff working with residents are expected to hold current CPR training so they can act until help arrives.

Settings concerned

Long-term care nursing facility and residential care setting, with nurse-aide (CNA) training governed by the Arkansas State Board of Nursing.

The first-aid requirement

The Arkansas State Board of Nursing requires CPR certification at the Healthcare Provider level, with a hands-on skills component, within the nurse-aide training programs that supply staff to long-term care and residential settings. Facilities and employers commonly require care staff to keep this certification current.

A recognized, up-to-date CPR certificate is the way to meet this expectation; 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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