Residential care settings: first-aid and CPR standards

First Aid & CPR Kenya

In Kenya, care for older and vulnerable adults is provided through private caregiving agencies, home-based care and residential care homes. These settings depend on caregivers and health-care assistants able to respond to an emergency, trained in first aid and CPR.

Settings concerned

Home-based care, private caregiving and residential care homes for older or dependent adults; first aid and CPR are built into the TVET-CDACC Caregiver qualification recognized under the KNQA framework.

The first-aid requirement

Caregivers and health-care assistants working in these settings are expected to be trained in first aid and CPR — CPR, bleeding control and basic emergency care — so that staff can act immediately for a resident. First aid and CPR are components of the national TVET-CDACC caregiver qualification, and stand-alone certificates are accepted by private caregiving and home-care employers.

A recognized, up-to-date first-aid certificate is the usual way to meet this requirement; it is in addition to the caregiver'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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References

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