Maine CPR classes created by AHA trained physicians

Unlike most other CPR/AED online courses, our course was both written and approved by AHA trained U.S board certified physicians. You can feel confident in the quality of our CPR/AED course. Our CPR/AED online course covers the same topics that AHA approved classroom courses trains you on. But, our CPR/AED training and exam is more affordable and more convenient than many classroom based CPR/AED training courses.

Benefits of online Training

Our online CPR/AED Certification for the Community and Workplace course is a smart solution for obtaining or renewing your CPR certificate that offers many benefits, including:

• Instantly printing your official two year CPR certificate and wallet card for only $19.95
• Is nationally accredited
• Includes most recent ARC and AHA/ILCOR Guidelines (October 18, 2010)
• Includes "compression-only" by stander-initiated CPR techniques (March 2008)
• Is Emergency Cardiovascular Care (ECC) and OSHA 1910.1030(g)(2) compliant
• Does not require hands-on skills testing
• Take averages 1-2 hours per course
• Includes 60-day unlimited course access from any web enabled device
• Includes unlimited access to your certificate and wallet card online
• Is designed by board certified physicians and professional educators.

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Health Information for Medical Professionals in Maine

According to health ranking website www.americanhealthrankings.com, Maine ranks very highly in terms of overall health statistics. It was ranked 9th in terms of overall health in 2012, a jump from 10th place in 2011. The state ranks 25th in terms of obesity, with over 300,000 adults, 27.8 percent of the population suffering from the problem. In Maine, obesity is more prevalent among non-Hispanics whites at 27.0 percent than Hispanics at 20.9 percent; sedentary lifestyle is more prevalent among non-Hispanic whites at 21.8 percent than Hispanics at 16.7 percent; and smoking is more prevalent among Hispanics at 25.1 percent than non-Hispanic whites at 17.4 percent. The major challenges for the state are a moderate prevalence of sedentary lifestyle, obesity &diabetes, high prevalence of smoking, high rate of cancer deaths, decrease in public health spending, high rate of uninsured population as well as increases in the number of children living in poverty.

The state has the 33rd ranking in the United States in terms of smoking and 26th in terms of diabetes. Surprisingly, however, the rate of binge drinking is low and Maine ranks 18th in terms of health issues linked to binge drinking. The problem of binge drinking seems to be more prevalent in men than in women.

The crude rates of preventable hospitalizations, the chief cause of which is smoking, has fallen from 75.9 to 59.3, indicating better awareness regarding the dangers of smoking, as well as increasing amounts of public health spending. Public health funding has from $86 to $83 per person, and the infant mortality rate decreased from 6.3 to 5.6 deaths. There has been a drastic increase in the number of children living under poverty. Analysts however believe that overall health will improve with time.

The strong points of the state are low violent crime rate, low rate of uninsured population, low prevalence of low birth weight and an increase in the immunization coverage as well as a low occupational fatalities rate.

CPR, First Aid and BLS (Basic Life Support) is a critical qualification for EMTs, RNs and other medical professionals in Maine. CPR Select provides online classes and certification programs for medical professionals who wish to become certified.