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You can get certified online but you will have to do the skills portion in person with a certified instructor. Make sure the online certification is acceptable by your school...schools generally only accept certifications by the American Heart Association. Can you call around local hospitals to see if they have a CPR class for you to attend?
I have never gotten certified online. I have only done it in class. But I am pretty sure the way online goes, if you are not CPR certified already, you learn all the information online and then you go to someone who can certify you (don't know who exactly) and perform the CPR stuff in front of them to show you can perform them correctly. And then you get your CPR certification card.
You may want to call around and try to find a CPR Instructor that will take you on one on one. You need to hurry cause that date is coming close. They want the card not the certificate after you have completed. Call your program, they may have several options for you. Good luck, I'd hate for you to miss you slot over this!
Check out the AHA website, they have tons of courses listed for BLS-AED for Healthcare Providers. If you can do it in person go for it, but like most are saying here you will have to do the skills portion with a certified instructor if you do the online option. Personally, I'd just get it over with during a 4 hour session. Makes life a little easier.
Mrs.Priss
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Well, I was supposed to go to a CPR class at the Fire Department where I live but the man doing the class cancelled it at the LAST MINUTE (grr!!!)! SO I have to be CPR certified by the 31st of July or I cannot start the program! Is it ok to get certified online? I havent had a chance to call and ask anyone at my schools allied health office because I just found this out today (I will be calling tomorrow!) Has anyone gotten certified online?