Arkansas

See the CPR Graduation Requirements for High Schools in Arkansas, AR

Arkansas requires CPR Certification for High School Students. Lifesavers, Inc. is certified by the American Heart Association to teach CPR in your school. We offer great CPR classes and we have convenient packages especially designed for High School CPR Training. It doesn’t matter if you live in Little Rock, Fayetteville, Benton or anywhere else in AR. We are here to find the best matching course for you! Please give us a call at 866-641-1200 or contact us by using our contact form. We are looking forward to answer all of your questions and to find the perfect CPR Class for your school.

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Requirement Breakdown

  • Graduation requirement is effective as of the 2014-2015 school year.
  • School districts must provide one time cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and automatic external defibrillator (AED) instruction as part of the health and wellness curriculum at the high school level.
  • CPR education does not need to cover all victim sizes (adult/child/infant) but does require a hands-on component to training
  • CPR instruction must be taught according to current, evidence-based emergency cardiac care guidelines, incorporating psychomotor skills and the use of AED’s.

Excerpts from Bill

(a) Beginning with the 2014-2015 school year, a public school student in grades nine through twelve (9-12) shall be trained in quality psychomotor skill bases in cardiopulmonary resuscitation before the student graduates from high school. 

(b) The course shall not be a certification process but shall follow the standards established by… [a] nationally recognized organization that uses current, evidence-based emergency cardiac care guidelines and incorporates psychomotor skill development in the instruction and the use of automated external defibrillators.

Excerpts from State Board of Education

Ark. Code Ann. § 6-16-143, attached to this memo, requires students in grades 9-12 to be trained in the psychomotor skills needed for cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) before graduating from high school, beginning in the 2014-2015 school year. The current Arkansas Curriculum Frameworks for 9-12 Health and Wellness (adopted by the State Board of Education in 2011) include practicing the psychomotor skills used for basic life support and first-aid procedures and offer CPR as an example.

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