CPR Certified Jobs

Usually not. The layperson and workplace card covers single-rescuer CPR, AED use and first aid, and hospitals and clinics ask for the provider-level BLS card instead. On this board the layperson card turns up on community and in-home roles, where the employer wants somebody trained, not a clinical credential.

Read the job, because the words don't separate cleanly. Both credentials are named CPR in ordinary speech, and our own filter carries them as 2 values, so a posting saying only CPR can be read either way. Direct patient care means the provider card; a front desk, a classroom or a client's home usually means this one.

Employers and state licensing rules put it where the risk is. Childcare licensing rules commonly require it of staff, a workplace without an infirmary or clinic nearby has to have someone adequately trained to render first aid under OSHA's general industry standard (29 CFR 1910.151(b)), and home care agencies write it into their own hiring. Our CPR and First Aid guide covers the courses.