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Barbados regulates workplace first aid under the Safety and Health at Work Act, 2005 (Cap. 356), enforced by the Labour Department: workplaces with 25 or more persons must have enough certified first-aiders to ensure one is readily available at all times, while smaller workplaces are encouraged to train at least one employee.

Barbados regulates private child-care centres under the Child Care Board (Private Child Care Centres) Regulations, 1986 (Cap. 381), which require staff to hold "appropriate training or experience" plus an annual medical and food-handling certificate, but stop short of naming first aid or CPR as a specific mandate.

Barbados has no dedicated Good Samaritan statute and imposes no general duty to rescue; as a common-law jurisdiction, a rescuer who acts in good faith and reasonably is liable only for clear negligence under the prudent-person standard.

Nurses and midwives in Barbados are regulated by the Barbados Nursing Council under the Nurses' Act 2008, which ties registration renewal to evidence of continuing professional education, and a CPR/BLS course from an accredited or recognized provider can count toward that evidence when relevant to practice.

In Barbados, care staff in residential elder-care and private care settings are expected to hold current first-aid and Basic Life Support training, with the requirement set by the programme and employer rather than a single regulation, under the wider nursing framework of the Nurses' Act 2008.

Foster carers in Barbados are approved and supervised by the Child Care Board and must be willing to accept training, and a current first-aid and CPR certificate — including CPR for children and infants — is widely expected as part of caregiver readiness, in addition to the home study and background checks.

Online CPR and first aid training is recognized in Barbados, as the Safety and Health at Work Act does not prescribe a training delivery mode and workplace first-aid training combining online theory with a practical skills assessment is accepted.