Tennessee 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 Tennessee

According to www.americashealthrankings.org, Tennessee was ranked 39th in overall health in 2012 and has increased from 41st in 2011. The life expectancy is 76.20 years, which is 2.5 years shorter than the national average of 78.7 years.

When it comes to healthcare spending, Tennessee is ranked 21st, spending approximately $83 per person. The percentage of people who were uninsured in 2012 was 13.9%. Ranked 23rd in the country, the number of people living without insurance has increased from 10.4% over the last decade. The availability of primary care physicians in Tennessee is ranked 20th, averaging out to approximately 120.4 PCPs per 100,000 residents, which is on par with the national average of 121.

As of 2010, 16.5% of the adult population is currently living in poverty, which marks a 3% increase in the last decade. As for children living in poverty, Tennessee was ranked 32nd in the country with 22.5% of all children living below poverty level in 2012 and indicating a decreased from 23.6% in 2011.

Due to the second-highest prevalence for sedentary lifestyle, Tennessee is ranked 35th in adult obesity with 29.2% of adults considered obese. This number marks an increase of more than 6% in the last decade. In the category of child obesity, the state is ranked 36th, with 15.2% of children considered obese. Tennessee is ranked 44th in the category of adult diabetes, with 11.2% of the population being diabetic. Although high, this percentage has actually decreased 0.7% since 2008. With 3.8% of the population having had a stroke, the prevalence for stroke is appreciably higher than the national average of 2.1%.

With 23% of the state “lighting up,” Tennessee has an above-average prevalence of smoking and is ranked 36th. In contrast, however, only 10% of the population partakes in binge drinking, giving Tennessee the best ranking in this category. Although the top-ranked state in binge drinking, this number indicates an increase of over 3% since 2011 alone.

With the strengths being low prevalence for binge drinking, high per capita health funding and high availability of PCPs, Tennessee is still struggling with a high prevalence for stroke, high prevalence of sedentary lifestyle and a high rate of violent crime.

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 Tennessee.