Residential care settings: first-aid and CPR standards

First Aid & CPR Netherlands

In the Netherlands, nursing homes, residential homes and care-living centres (woonzorgcentra) provide care to vulnerable older people who need continuous support. To keep them safe, these facilities rely on care workers trained in first aid and resuscitation.

Settings concerned

Verpleeghuis, verzorgingshuis and woonzorgcentrum (nursing / residential / care-living home); the frontline worker is the care worker (Verzorgende IG / Helpende Zorg).

The first-aid requirement

To work in care, every Verzorgende IG must hold a resuscitation certificate (reanimatie/BLS-AED) alongside the BHV and medication certificates, so that staff can act immediately in a cardiac arrest.

A recognized, up-to-date resuscitation or first-aid certificate is the way to meet this requirement; it is in addition to the staff's occupational training and must be renewed regularly.

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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