Residential care settings: first-aid and CPR standards

First Aid & CPR Saskatchewan

In Saskatchewan, long-term-care facilities and personal care homes provide housing and personal care to seniors and vulnerable adults. These settings rely on continuing care assistants who can respond to a medical emergency with first aid and CPR.

Settings concerned

Long-term-care facilities and personal care homes, staffed by Continuing Care Assistants (CCA) certified in first aid and CPR.

The first-aid requirement

Saskatchewan Continuing Care Assistant programs require a Standard First Aid and CPR/AED Level C certificate prior to clinical placement in long-term-care facilities and personal care homes, so care staff can respond to adults in an emergency and use an AED.

A recognized, up-to-date first-aid/CPR certificate is the way to meet this requirement; it is in addition to the assistant'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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