Recognition by healthcare professionals

First Aid & CPR Philippines

In health care, maintaining high standards of care is essential to protect the public. In the Philippines, earning continuing-education units is a legal condition of a nurse's license renewal, while for caregiver roles first aid and CPR are a required credential built into the occupational qualification. Here is what the rules expect for your role — and how recognized, up-to-date, documented training meets it.

Health professionals: continuing education and up-to-date skills

Nurses in the Philippines are accountable to the Professional Regulation Commission (PRC) and its Board of Nursing for keeping their competence current. Under Republic Act 10912, the Continuing Professional Development (CPD) Act of 2016, registered professionals must earn CPD units from PRC-accredited providers as a condition of renewing their professional license.

The requirement reflects the expectation that a nurse maintains clinical competence and can respond to a life-threatening emergency. Completing an accredited basic life support or CPR course is a recognised way to build these units while keeping resuscitation skills current and documented.

CPD is mandatory: under RA 10912 registered nurses must earn 15 CPD units per three-year license period (roughly five a year) from PRC-accredited providers, with the first renewal after passing the board exam exempt. PRC-accredited BLS and ACLS courses carry substantial approved CPD units, so CPR training counts directly toward renewal.

The requirement is met by any recognized continuing-education activity on an eligible topic. CPR/AED, ACLS (advanced cardiovascular life support) and PALS are among the eligible activities; other topics also qualify (for example safe prescribing, suicide prevention or violence prevention). A single course therefore both meets the obligation and counts toward your hours — provided you keep the proof.

Eligible courses offered in your region

How training becomes recognized

Not all activities are equal. For continuing education to be recognized by a professional order, it must meet specific criteria:

  • the instructor’s competence;
  • the relevance and quality of the content;
  • the training framework;
  • the quality of the material provided;
  • mechanisms to monitor and assess participation.

In the Philippines, the PRC accredits CPD providers and programmes and sets the units a learning activity is worth. Our training is designed to meet these criteria.

Rigorous online learning

Our training draws on the latest medical research and combines practical modules with a theoretical assessment. The resulting certification is credible and verifiable — presentable to your professional order and to your employer — and prepares you to excel in your practice.

Support and care staff: a certificate required to work

A CPR and first-aid course does not replace occupational training — it is added to it. To work with vulnerable people, a valid first-aid certificate is often required in addition to your professional training.

For support staff, first aid and CPR are a required part of the qualification. The TESDA Caregiving NC II qualification includes the common competency 'Applying basic first aid', and a separate Basic Life Support (BLS) certificate must be completed before the TESDA competency assessment. The caregiver role therefore requires a valid first-aid and CPR certificate alongside the occupational training, and a recognized certificate meets that requirement and must be kept current.

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Attestation, certificate and invoice: proof your training is recognized

On successful completion, you receive:

  • an official attestation;
  • a certificate of completion;
  • a detailed invoice;
  • online access to your documents for as long as your certification remains valid.

These documents are the proof to present to your professional order to credit your hours, or to your employer to demonstrate your compliance.

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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