1What it is
Practical training in cardiopulmonary resuscitation and managing cardiac arrest: the basic course for anyone who may face an emergency, the advanced one for emergency and intensive care teams. Training is practice on manikins rather than lectures, and ends with a practical test.
2Who it suits
Health practitioners in every specialty, organisers of large events who need a qualified first-aid team, and teachers and sports coaches.
3What it requires
The basic course requires nothing; the advanced one assumes a health background and the basic course.
4How it is earned
Taken at an authorised training centre and renewed periodically; it is one of the few entries in this directory that must be renewed, because the skill fades without practice.
When a centre or body posts a course that prepares for it, we send you one email about it.