will your online cpr card get rejected?

ATTENTION! - ONLINE ONLY CPR CARDS ARE NOT VALID FOR MANY PROFESSIONS.
Beware of online websites promoting CPR completion cards WITHOUT hands-on training.

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Adapting to Covid-19 and understanding workplace compliance standards has been a struggle for many businesses and employees this past two years. Many companies and workers who chose to complete online only CPR training, believing they would meet compliance standards, have since discovered State or Federal regulatory review is rejecting their certification card. 

NOTE: If you completed hands-on CPR training with BESTCPRSEATTLE or BESTCPRUSA in the past two years you ARE in compliance.

State and Federal regulations require most types of organizations and employees to be "hands-on" CPR certified, including, but not limited to: child-care workers, all medical professionals, dentists, pharmacists, nursing students, and EMT's. Construction companies in Washington State are also required to have at least one person CPR certified at each job site.  ANY former State and Federal temporary grace periods on expired certifications have long since expired. 

If you completed an online training, believing in would be accepted at your workplace, we understand your dilemma and are here to support you in meeting the guidelines without undue complications. Segments of CPR training may be completed via an online video course, however, you MUST complete a practical hands-on training to certify your skills. Hands-on training on a manikin is a critical demonstration of competency.  

If you have already completed an online course and your card is still within the two-year validity period, you may attend a shortened CPR skills check to validate your card. BESTCPRUSA instructors offer 30-minute skills check appointments on the same days they conduct local classes. Once you pass the instructor-led skills check you may receive a BESTCPRUSA card valid for two years. We can also issue American Heart Association cards (for an additional expense) if you have completed the American Heart Association's online video training and can provide us with a copy of your AHA test completion certificate. 

Because in-person training will always be the best (and only) successful way to learn CPR, BESTCPRUSA instructors are also traveling to companies, schools, and healthcare clinics to conduct 1-hour group, in-person training to legitimize and correct online only cards. For companies who are not yet returning to the workplace, we may be able to offer virtual training options with skills checks administered at a later date. 

One way or another, BESTCPRUSA can legitimize your certifications and bring you back into compliance!

MAKE AN APPOINTMENT FOR A SKILLS CHECK.

​Please contact your local office for more information.   info@bestcprseattle.com




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