Residential care settings: first-aid and CPR standards

First Aid & CPR Colombia

In Colombia, social-protection centres for older adults, geriatric homes and day centres house and care for vulnerable older people. Resident safety requires staff trained in first aid and CPR, able to act immediately in an emergency.

Settings concerned

Social-protection centre for older adults, geriatric home and day centre for older people; health-service providers (IPS) are licensed under Resolución 3100 de 2019 of the Ministry of Health and Social Protection.

The first-aid requirement

Caregiver and nursing-assistant training includes first aid, and Basic Life Support (BLS) is a required certification for licensing health-service institutions; staff in these settings must be prepared to act in an emergency. The exact requirements vary by establishment type and by the level of dependency served.

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