Online-Only CPR Is Not a Skills Certification
We want to be clear: no online course can confirm that your compressions are deep enough or your breaths effective. Most workplace and professional CPR credentials require an in-person skills evaluation with a manikin and instructor. Use this course to learn the material and build confidence, then complete a hands-on session if your employer, union or licensing body requires a card.
The Response Sequence Taught in the Course
Recognize and call
Check responsiveness and breathing, shout for help, and get someone calling 911 and fetching the AED.
Compress
Hand placement, rate, depth and full recoil — with as few pauses as possible.
Breathe
Open the airway and give rescue breaths, coordinating cycles with compressions.
Shock
Turn on the AED, follow its voice prompts, place pads and make sure nobody is touching the person before a shock.
Keep going
Continue until EMS takes over, the person recovers, or the scene becomes unsafe.
Skills You'll Understand
Recognize cardiac arrest quickly and start the chain of survival
Describe high-quality chest compressions: rate, depth and recoil
Deliver rescue breaths and coordinate compression-breath cycles
Operate an AED safely the moment one arrives on scene
Handle special cases such as choking, drowning and two-rescuer response
Why Crane and Rigging Crews Take It
Lift crews often work in places where emergency services take time to arrive: pipeline right-of-ways, rural substations, offshore-bound barges. OSHA's first aid rule (1910.151 in general industry, 1926.50 in construction) calls for adequately trained responders when medical help isn't nearby, and many employers include CPR in that training.
It also helps to know the special risks of your environment. If someone collapses after contact with electricity, the course stresses confirming the power is off before touching them — a point reinforced in our electrical safety awareness course.
Keep in mind that a crane cab, a man basket or the top of a tower crane mast are poor places to perform CPR. Part of planning a high or remote job is agreeing in advance how an unresponsive worker would be brought down to a flat, accessible surface — a conversation for your lift director and site emergency plan.
Recommended For
- Designated first aid responders
- Foremen and lift supervisors
- Signal persons and riggers
- Remote-site crews
- Office and dispatch teams
Plan the hands-on part
Employers decide whether CPR is required for a role and which credential they accept. They remain responsible for arranging practical skills evaluation and keeping AEDs maintained.