Pennsylvania 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 Pennsylvania

According to www.americashealthrankings.org, Pennsylvania was ranked 26th in overall health in 2012, decreasing from 28th in 2011. The life expectancy is 78.16 years, which is on par with the national average of 78.7 years.

When it comes to healthcare spending, Pennsylvania is one of the poorest-ranked at 41st and is among the lowest in per capita public health funding, spending an average of $52 per person (down from $73 in 2007). The percentage of people who were uninsured in 2012 was 10.9%. Ranked 9th in the country, the number of people living without insurance has increased 2.6% over the last decade. The availability of primary care physicians in Pennsylvania is ranked 14th, averaging out to approximately 127 PCPs per 100,000 residents, which is slightly higher than the national average of 121.

As of 2010, 12.4% of the adult population is currently living in poverty, which marks a 1.4% increase since 2000. As for children living in poverty, Pennsylvania was ranked 16th in the country, with 17.3% of all children living below poverty level and marking a 0.3% increase in the last 5 years.

Pennsylvania is ranked 31st in obesity with 2.8 million, or 28.6% of the adult population considered obese. This marks an increase of more than 7% in the last decade. Pennsylvania is ranked 22nd for adults who are living with diabetes, with 9.5% of the population being diabetic. This number has decreased 0.8% since 2011. With 3.1% of the population having had a stroke, the prevalence for stroke is considerably higher than the national average of 2.1%.

With 22.4% of the state “lighting up,” Pennsylvania has a moderately high prevalence of smoking and is ranked 32nd. Also, 18.3% of the population participates in binge drinking, giving Pennsylvania an overall ranking of 26th and indicating a 2.5% increase since 2011 alone.

With the strengths being a high rate of insurance, Pennsylvania is still struggling with a high prevalence for cancer-related deaths, low per capita health funding and significant air pollution.

CPR, First Aid and BLS (Basic Life Support) are critical qualifications for EMTs, RNs and other medical professionals. “CPR Select” provides quality online training programs for medical professionals wishing to become certified in CPR, First Aid and BLS in Pennsylvania.