Cpr certification online

[Slaughter421]

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Hey, I am going through the health science recommendation committee interviews for medicine at my University.

I know for a fact that one of my interviewers are gonna ask me if im cpr certified.

So i wanna get my certification. All the live classes near my area arnt untill after my interview date, so I was wondering whats the best online cpr course. Does it have to be approved by AMA? AHA? does it even matter.

Anyone recommend a certain online course. I know there are a bunch out there, but im afraid one of them might not be real or might not even count as true certification to my school. I also want to print the certificate as soon as im done with course.

 

[Tin Man]

Hey, I am going through the health science recommendation committee interviews for medicine at my University.

I know for a fact that one of my interviewers are gonna ask me if im cpr certified.

So i wanna get my certification. All the live classes near my area arnt untill after my interview date, so I was wondering whats the best online cpr course. Does it have to be approved by AMA? AHA? does it even matter.

Anyone recommend a certain online course. I know there are a bunch out there, but im afraid one of them might not be real or might not even count as true certification to my school. I also want to print the certificate as soon as im done with course.

Your school can answer this better than anyone else.

For instance, there are a couple big organizations out there that provide CPR training, and some are recognized by some people and not by others. For my CNA course, we were only allowed to get one from the American Red Cross.

I can tell you, however, that every online CPR course I've looked at would provide you with a certification that would be essentially garbage. I'm not saying that you can't TECHNICALLY learn CPR from watching YouTube videos, but the fact that the issuing organization is taking it on faith that you actually know what you're doing and aren't googling the online test's answers. That makes you a reputation liability, and most established CPR providers aren't willing to risk it. Don't be fooled by official-looking names.

With that said, the CPR for Healthcare Providers class I took literally only lasted for about 3 hours, and consisted of watching videos and doing a couple of demonstrations for the instructor. I got their in the morning and was done before lunch. It really doesn't take that much time, and if your CPR certification is really important, then don't risk doing it online.

 

[Mattabet]

I'm a little unclear as to why you want to do this... Medical schools aren't going to care if you're CPR certified, as the first thing you'll have to do at just about every medical school is take the CPR class, whether your certified or not (as the certification only lasts a maximum of two years, and they want everyone's to run out at the same time so they can retrain you all for M3 and graduation).

CPR certification is not really a benefit to your application in any way. Jobs that require CPR certification might be, so you might find a positive correlation for people with the certification, but that's because those people probably also tend to be riding around in ambulances or hanging out in hospitals.

And I've never heard of an accredited online CPR class. A few different agencies (American Red Cross being the only one that's ever done my training, both as a lifeguard and as a medical student) offer the certification, but I'm pretty sure they always require you to actually practice the skills in front of their instructors on their fancy simulation equipment. The knowledge associated with CPR is really simple; the practice is what makes the training even remotely good practice for situations you might encounter in real life.

So if I were you, I'd just wait to get certified until someone was willing to pay for it, and sleep soundly knowing that your lack of certification has no bearing on your applicant-life whatsoever.

I wish all the answers here could be, "do nothing, it doesn't matter, sleep soundly."

 

[Slaughter421]

I will ask my institution. Its not really required, i just know one of the interviewers(we go through 5) will ask if you are certified. if you say yes, then they will ask when. Thats it, they dont even ask to see the card.........

My friends told me their courses took 7 hours........im liking your course 🙂

 

[Slaughter421]

Matt, you make a lot of sense, as I will learn cpr when im in medschool. I guess the only reason the interviewer asks if im certified is to see how dedicated I am to the field. Eeach interviewer rates us from 1-5, 5 being strongly recommend for school and 1 being not recommend. I guess it may increase my rating......

 

[Tin Man]

Matt, you make a lot of sense, as I will learn cpr when im in medschool. I guess the only reason the interviewer asks if im certified is to see how dedicated I am to the field. Eeach interviewer rates us from 1-5, 5 being strongly recommend for school and 1 being not recommend. I guess it may increase my rating......

Your best bet, then, if you can't get your certification landed, is to say that you have a date set up for the class you're going to take. That way, the dedication factor should still be demonstrated, since it is guaranteed that you WILL in the future have the certification. Motivation-wise, that's no different than already having it, when it comes to this context.

 

[schrizto]

CPR means nothing. I mean, don't you go for just one session for a few hours? Anyone can do that for one day, it doesn't show any special commitment.

 

[Slaughter421]

Your best bet, then, if you can't get your certification landed, is to say that you have a date set up for the class you're going to take. That way, the dedication factor should still be demonstrated, since it is guaranteed that you WILL in the future have the certification. Motivation-wise, that's no different than already having it, when it comes to this context.

I think that will be good too.

Also, she will ask if Im a AMSA national member. I am not. how could i respond to that with no, but in a interview acceptable way. Or should I just become a national member. I honestly dont see the point of being a amsa national member.

 

[apumic]

Having been a lifeguard instructor (includes CPR-PR), I'd suggest you look for a traditional class. Online courses will still require you to have your skills certified by an actual instructor before you can get your certificate. The American Red Cross (ARC) and American Heart Association (AHA) are the primary certifying organizations (the AHA is slightly more respected). To be useful in healthcare-related fields, the cert needs to be of the Healthcare Provider or Professional Rescuer level, which includes add'l modules on BVM and 2-rescuer CPR. You should be able to find an open course at a local hospital. Here, each of our hospitals in my metro area runs a CPR course every Friday, alternating between update (recert) courses and initial certification courses (all are healthcare provider w/ AED).