Georgia

Georgia, GA requires CPR Certification for High School Students. Lifesavers, Inc. is certified by the American Heart Association to teach CPR in your school. We offer a wide range of CPR Classes and we have great and very convenient packages especially designed for your High School to provide the best fitting CPR Training for your needs. We offer our services in your town – no matter where you are: Atlanta, Augusta or Athens. Please don’t hesitate to 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.

Requirement Breakdown

• Requirement goes into effect as of the 2013-2014 school year
• School districts must provide one time cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and automatic external defibrillator (AED) instruction to high school students as part of the Health or Physical Education curriculum.
• CPR education does not need to cover all victim sizes (adult/child/infant) but does require a hands-on component to training.
• Certification is not a requirement, but if a certification course is used, such courses shall be taught by instructors of CPR and AED.
• Schools may use an instructional program which is nationally recognized and is based on the most current national evidence based emergency cardiovascular care guidelines for CPR and the use of an AED.

Excerpts from Bill

“Beginning in the 2013-2014 school year, each local board of education which operates a school with grades nine through 12 shall provide instruction in cardiopulmonary resuscitation and the use of an automated external defibrillator to its students as a requirement within existing health or physical education courses. Such training shall include either of the following and shall incorporate into the instruction the psychomotor skills necessary to perform cardiopulmonary resuscitation and use an automated external defibrillator:”