In The Age of COVID, Safety Training Evolves to Meet Workplace Challenges

Workplace emergencies are an enduring reality, meaning workplaces must keep an employee’s emergency skills as sharp as possible, even with pandemic disruptions. Because employers are facing more challenges than ever in keeping training on target during these challenging times, education providers must build the infrastructure to support new learning methods. They must also make efforts to fully integrate technology into classrooms by becoming familiar with a range of online learning approaches and incorporate rigorous quality control.

This paper outlines how the American Red Cross has pivoted to change traditional approaches to education to meet the needs of employers, especially those with OSHA obligations. These advances include a focus on life-threatening events requiring immediate care, active learning (also known as peer-to-peer learning), adaptive learning and highly specialized “Skill Boosts.”

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The American Red Cross, always on the front lines when it comes to saving lives, trains more than 4.6 million people in lifesaving programs every year. Our best-in-class safety training and certification puts your needs first with a nationwide footprint of safety leaders committed to making teaching and training easy. Our wide range of courses have been the go-to programs for thousands of businesses and training organizations for more than a century. Trust us to deliver unmatched lifesaving training and supplies to your business or organization.