ACCREDITING ORGANISATIONS

Emergency First Response courses have been approved or meet the following organisations’ guidelines for CPR/First Aid training:

North, South and Central America

• Aerobics and Fitness Association of America (AFAA)
• Alaska Department of Health and Social Services
• American Camp Association.
• American Council on Exercise (ACE)
• Board of Massage Therapy State of Hawaii
• Boise Idaho Child Care Training Network
• Cal/OSHA
• California Board of Chiropractic Examiners
• California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation
• Federal OSHA Guideline 29 CFR 1910.151.
• Girl Scouts USA
• Illinois Department Of Public Health
• Maryland Institute for Emergency Medical Services Systems (MIEMSS)
• Michigan DHS, Bureau of Children and Adult Licensing.
• National Academy of Sports Medicine (NASM)
• National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association (NOAA)
• National Strength and Conditioning Association (NSCA)
• North Carolina DHHS Division of Child Development
• Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA), New Mexico
• Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA), Puerto Rico
• Ohio Job and Family Services
• State of New York Department of Health PAD training
• State of Washington Dept of Labor & Industries Accreditation
• United States Association of Blind Athletes (USABA)
• United States Coast Guard (USCG) for a merchant mariner license
• United States OSHA Region 10 – includes federal jurisdiction for Alaska, Washington, Oregon and Idaho
• Utah State Parks and Recreation

Asia and the Pacific Islands

• International Yacht Training (IYT) in the Asia Pacific region
• Philippine Heart Association Council on CPR
• PADI
• South Korea:
• Korean Body Guard Martial Arts Association & affiliates
• Dream & Green Tour
• Sport For All – Korea Handball Federation
• Yacht N Company
• Young Jae Art & Craft School & Boy & Girl Scouts
• Yangchun-Gu Hapkido Association

Australia and New Zealand

• International Yacht Training (IYT) in the Asia Pacific region (incl. Australia and New Zealand)
• Australia Council for Teaching Swimming and Water Safety (AUSTSWIM)
• Australia Nationally Recognised Training  to Provide First Aid and other first aid related courses when conducted through PADI Asia Pacific’s Registered Training Organisation (RTO ID#6729)
• New Zealand Qualifications Authority (NZQA) when conducted at a Private Training Establishment (PTE) and competency was assessed as meeting OSH/NZQA unit standard 6400, 6401, 6402 (or 6400, 26551, 26522 or equivalent / most recent unit standards)

Europe, Middle East, Africa and Russia

• British Canoe Union (BCU)
• Duke of Edinburgh’s Award – United Kingdom
• Espirito Santo Fire Department, Brazil
• Féderation Suisse de Vol Libre
• Health and Safety Executive (Great Britain) and (Northern Ireland) for the purposes of first aid in the workplace
• Italian Resuscitation Council
• Northwest (UK) SureStart Care for Children
• Schweizerischer Hängegleiter-Verband
• Scouts Association U.K.
• SEMICYUC Sociedad Española de Medicina Intensiva, Críticos y Unidades Coronarias (Member of Spanish Resuscitation Council)
• SkillsActive – United Kingdom