Residential care settings: first-aid and CPR standards

First Aid & CPR Austria

In Austria, care homes and seniors' residences look after care-dependent, vulnerable people who need continuous support. To keep them safe, these facilities rely on nursing-assistant staff trained in first aid and life-saving emergency measures.

Settings concerned

Pflegeheim and Senioren-/Altenwohnheim (care home / seniors' residence); the frontline staff are nursing assistants (Pflegeassistenz), whose one-year training is regulated under the GuKG.

The first-aid requirement

The state-regulated Pflegeassistenz training (1 year, GuKG) requires the ability to give first aid and take life-saving emergency measures — chest compressions, ventilation and defibrillator use — so that care-home staff can intervene immediately in an emergency.

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