Residential care settings: first-aid and CPR standards
First Aid & CPR South Carolina
In South Carolina, residential settings that care for vulnerable adults and seniors — assisted living, community residential care facilities and nursing homes, along with home-care services — rely on nurse aides and front-line staff who can respond to a medical emergency. To keep residents safe, these settings expect their care staff to be trained in first aid and CPR.
Settings concerned
Assisted living and community residential care facilities, nursing homes (long-term care) and home health agencies; nurse aide standards are administered through the South Carolina Department of Health and Human Services (SCDHHS) Long-Term Living program.
The first-aid requirement
Staff who work directly with residents are expected to hold current CPR and first-aid training. In South Carolina, entering and completing the state-approved 100-hour nurse aide training program requires a current CPR and First Aid certification at the healthcare-provider level, so aides reach the floor already trained to respond to cardiac and choking emergencies.
A recognized, up-to-date CPR and first-aid certificate is the way to meet this requirement; 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.
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.
See the recognized first-aid courses in your regionReferences
- South Carolina Department of Health and Human Services (SCDHHS) — Long-Term Living, Nurse Aide
- South Carolina state-approved nurse aide training program requirements
- ILCOR — International Liaison Committee on Resuscitation
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