The American Red Cross asked me to verify my instructor certifications this week, so I checked them out this afternoon. Water Safety Instructor - current. Check. First Aid/CPR/AED Instructor - current. Check. CPR/AED for Professional Rescuers - Missing. Say what?
So I went to my personal "Certifications" folder on our home computer and found my CPR-Pro instructor cert dated for May 8, 2017. Which means it would have expired on May 8, 2019. Whoops! I called the Red Cross. Sure enough - I had never renewed my "CPR/AED for Professional Rescuers" Instructor Certification!
Micah asked me if I had taught any CPR-Pro classes after my cert had expired and I'm pretty sure that I had just taught one. Fortunately, it was in December of 2019 so whoever took it from me would have expired last month. Whew!
Now I'm enrolled in a "Bridge Class" that I get to take on line to re-renew my "CPR/AED for Professional Rescuers" Instructor Certification. Fortunately, my current "First Aid/CPR/AED Instructor" cert let me get in to the class. Unfortunately, I downloaded the WRONG card - it's still current, but it's not the new stuff that just came out last month. Fortunately, the class is free and I have all next weekend to get it done - provided they approve the wrong card I downloaded!
The stories you just can't make up . . .
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