CPR and First Aid Training

Licensing rules require group and family child care homes and child care centers to have at least one caregiver with infant, child and adult cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and first aid certification on duty at all times.

First aid/CPR training must be received from an organization approved by the department. CPR and first aid training may be completed online. If CPR and first aid training is completed online, an in-person skills test must also be completed for the training to be valid. In-person skills tests must be done face-to-face. They cannot be done via webcam or with a digital mannequin. The in-person skills test must be administered by one of the approved organizations. 

Many of the approved organizations offer several different types of CPR and first aid training (for the general community, the workplace, health care/emergency response professionals). It is recommended that caregivers take workplace CPR and first aid training, if offered. It is not necessary to take the course designed for health care/emergency response professionals.

Note: The Child Care Organizations Act (1973 PA 116) requires CPR and First Aid to be current.  Renewal courses will need to be taken before the expiration date on the cards. 

Approved CPR/First Aid Training  

Under the authority granted to the department by 1973 PA 116, the following organizations have been approved by the Bureau of Community and Health Systems, Child Care Licensing Division to provide adult, infant, and child CPR and/or first aid training to child care providers and caregivers.
Updated: 07/07/15

Cards from the following organizations may be accepted if the training is age-appropriate: 
 

AIR
Child Training Solutions

American CPR Training
CPR & First Aid
American Heart Association
CPR & First Aid

American Heart Saver
Pediatric and Adult CPR & First Aid
877-970-9009

American Red Cross
CPR & First Aid

American Trauma Event Management
CPR & First Aid
888-767-0050

ASHA, Inc (dba American Health and Safety)
CPR & First Aid
517-927-3177
asha_safety@sbcglobal.net

Cardio Pulmonary Resource Center, Inc.
CPR & First Aid
517-543-9483
800-900-2772

Emergency Care and Safety Institute
CPR & First Aid

Emergency First Response Corp.
EFR Primary Care (CPR), EFR Secondary Care (First Aid), and EFR Care for Children
800-337-1864

Note: Child care providers must take applicable parts of the EFR Care for Children course when taking first aid and CPR training. If providers are taking both CPR and First Aid training at the same time, all three courses (EFR Primary, EFR Secondary Care & EFR Care for Children) must be taken.

EMS Safety Services, Inc.
CPR & First Aid
800-215-9555

Know CPR
Pediatric, Adult and Child CPR& First Aid
703-528-7045

National Safety Council
CPR & First Aid

Pacific Medical Training
1-877-636-2055

ProTrainings, LLC
Child care providers must take the course Pro First Aid Certification.
888-406-7487