I just received a response from COSC, they give no credit for a Red Cross CPR card. Just thought I would post that in case anyone else is wondering. Have a great day!!! Abner
Thanks! Thanks for confirming that lena. I learned a long time ago that it never hurts to ask. At least now I know for sure. Take care, Abner
I was a Red Cross instructor for very many years -- I've not seen a single school that will award credit for the Red Cross certs unless the cert came from a course offered by an RA school. These are not ACE reviewed and if they were they probably wouldn't warrant credit at the AA/BA level. They are vocational/technical. I used to argue that if xyz community college teaches CPR and issues a Red Cross card then anyone with a Red Cross card should get credit. This logic assumes that those schools that use Red Cross course material (and certification) limit their instruction to that material and that the level of instruction is equal to that of the typical community level CPR course. This is simply not true. It's also an issue that Red Cross certified instructors are not required to hold any level of college degree -- some do, some don't. Even at the level of instructor training -- courses offered to the community through the local chapter and those offered through universities are vastly different. What you can do with that Red Cross card is approach the instructor at local community college and seek institutional credit by examination. The caveat is this -- while the Red Cross requires a 70% score on their written and a 100% score on their practical (standard nationwide exams) == college faculty are not restricted to using just that material on their final exam. The 8 hour community Red Cross course doesn't include much tested info on cardiopulmonary anatomy and physiology for example. They also don't include alot of tested material on things like the pathophysiology of myocardial infarction. College health and PE instructors tend to include such material in their courses and exams. It works like this: A Red Cross community instructor must teach the course to the instructor's manual and may not add or detract from that material. The exams are standardized and that minimum standard must be met. A university instructor (authorized by the local chapter) may issue a Red Cross certification as long as the Red Cross minimum standard is met but may also exceed the requirements of that material in any manner they'd like. It's the excess material covered by a university instructor that makes the class a 1 or 2 semester hour university level course. The same issues apply to first aid, lifeguard training, water safety instructor, etc.. also often offered by university faculty but at a higher level than those courses offered in the community.
