Athletics
Protect Every Athlete with Consistent CPR & Emergency Readiness
Ensure those close to your athletes are ready
Many athletic programs rely on large, rotating staff (coaches, athletic trainers, student workers) and event personnel - who all play a role in emergency readiness. Ensuring everyone is trained to respond effectively to emergency events and keeping certifications up to date can be difficult, especially across multiple sports and venues. As expectations for athlete safety rise, programs are looking for ways to standardize training, maintain competence, and simplify certification management. We're here to help.
Consistent CPR competency, simplified certification tracking
Student‑athlete safety depends on a rapid, skilled response.
- ✓Ensure every staff member completes the same high‑quality CPR training.
- ✓Deliver short, quarterly skill refreshers that maintain competence year‑round.
- ✓Simplify credential management with automated tracking and reporting.
- ✓Reduce administrative burden while improving readiness and confidence.
3 Tips to Build CPR Readiness in Athletics
In this article, we share 3 tips to ensure your training program is effectively preparing your team to execute the Emergency Action Plan during a sudden cardiac arrest.
Solutions to meet your capabilities and needs
In-person training with an instructor
Instructor-led CPR training for athletic programs offers coaches, athletic trainers, and sports medicine staff practical, hands-on learning. Participants practice critical techniques in realistic on-field scenarios and receive immediate feedback, ensuring they are prepared to respond effectively during sudden cardiac emergencies.
Automated self-service training
Self-directed CPR training gives athletic staff flexible, on-demand learning that fits around busy schedules. Through online resources and interactive simulations, coaches, trainers, and sports medicine personnel can build CPR skills at their own pace, increasing confidence and preparedness to respond to cardiac emergencies on the field, court, or sideline.
Featured Self-Directed Resuscitation Training Solutions
Resuscitation Quality Improvement® (RQI®) is a self-directed CPR training program that uses brief quarterly learning and skills sessions with real-time feedback to improve competence, retention, confidence, and readiness. Learners receive ongoing competence verification and a quarterly RQI eCredential.
HeartCode Complete combines adaptive online learning with hands-on skills verification for flexible, self-paced AHA BLS, ACLS, and PALS certification. Successful learners earn a two-year AHA eCard.
Developed by the American Heart Association® and Laerdal Medical, both solutions combine the latest resuscitation science and simulation technology to support high-quality training across healthcare, athletics, education, and emergency response.
Support Your Emergency Action Plans
Practice the plan. Improve the response. Use realistic, hands‑on simulation to support Emergency Action Plans (EAPs).
Essential emergency equipment for athletic teams
Equip your athletic programs with essential emergency tools designed for rapid response and reliable performance during high‑pressure sideline and practice‑field situations.
Strengthen Your Program's Emergency Readiness
We’ll help you strengthen staff readiness, streamline certification management, and support your EAPs with proven training and equipment.