Best wishes

Laura

You don’t say which organization issued the CPR card but you would need to contact them directly. Explain that you have lost your card and they will tell you what they need to do to issue you with a replacement.

Good Luck

Laura

You should contact your local AHA center and they will be able to help. I am sure they will be very interested given your long list of credentials. I wish you the very best of luck

Laura.

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Registered Nurse-1987
Registered Midwife-1985
Certificate occupational health Nursing -2000
General Health, safety& Enviromental course certificate-2000
BSC ED Health Education -2005

We don’t know if you have access to an AHA accredited provider in Nigeria who could help you achieve your ACLS Certification. You can do the initial part online but you need to attend a practical and assessment section in order to be certified. It would be worth dropping the AHA an email to see if they can assist. You can contact them via their website http://www.heart.org.

Good luck

Laura

The most recent recommendations from the AHA state that a person should start with chest compressions before giving rescue breaths apart from in specific circumstances such as drowning, strangulation or other incidents where oxygen deprivation is a cause for concern such as babies and very young children. Teaching people how to give rescue breaths is still important as the oxygen supply will deplete and could do so before the EMT arrives. You may want to check with your school to see which material they are using and perhaps ask them to contact your local AHA or Red Cross Center for the latest information. In any event, it is great that they are teaching the kids CPR!

All the best

Laura

You will need to speak to whichever organization you certified with but you may have to do the whole thing again. The AHA has an online version but it is only suitable for those that want CPR certification for personal reasons and not for a job. If you need it to satisfy job requirements you can sit the online course and then attend your local AHA center to finish the certification process.

Good luck

Laura

I am a little confused about the certification you took because I was under the impression that the Red Cross only gave certification for a one year period until they changed their policy earlier this year. Red Cross CPR certification is now valid for two years. Regardless, your certification has now expired so I would suggest you take a recertification class before you put anything on the flyers. Depending on the type of babysitting you are going to do and your local State regulations, you may be able to take the online American Heart Association option which might be quicker than attending a class. It is probably best to have a word with your local American Red Cross and AHA centers to see which offers the quickest and cost effective method for taking your CPR certification again.

Best of luck

Laura

The American Heart Association has advised that the compression to breath ratio will remain at 30:2. But healthcare providers when performing 2-rescuer CPR on infants and children will continue to use a 15:2 ratio. So they are both correct as such but the 15:2 applies to infants and children.

Hope that helps and good luck with the medical assistant exam.

All the best

Laura

I am assuming you qualified via the Red Cross? You will need to contact the center you did your recertification exam at and give them as much information as you can and they may be able to reissue your card.

Good Luck

Laura

Is there a local AHA center in that area? The best thing to do is call the American Heart Association or contact them via their website to find your local classes.

Good luck

Laura

Good luck

Laura