Basic Readiness

Annual Physical Fitness Test (APFT) Guide

Developed by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Office of Health and Safety

CDC Intranet Link for CDC Employees: http://intralink.cdc.gov/ohs/lifestyle/apft/index.htm

Link to APFT Guide [PDF]

Passing the Annual Physical Fitness Test (APFT) demonstrates an officer's basic level of fitness and is needed to achieve USPHS Commissioned Corps basic readiness requirements.

The APFT determines an officer’s level of cardiovascular fitness as well as specific core and upper body muscular fitness and endurance. These areas are measured through a combination of exercises including: a 1.5 mile run/walk or 500-yard/450-meter swim for cardiovascular endurance, side-bridge or sit-ups for core muscle endurance, and push-ups for upper body muscular endurance.

This Guide is intended to prepare officers, who are currently classified as beginner to intermediate exercisers or who are currently sedentary or inconsistent in an exercise regimen, to complete the APFT. The information provided in this Guide provides a 12-week training progression to prepare the officer to take the APFT.

Please note that some officers may require more or less time to prepare for the APFT than the 12-week training progression provided in this Guide. It is recommended that you begin to prepare more than 12 weeks in advance for the APFT in case that amount of time is not sufficient. CDC employees are encouraged to meet with a Lifestyle fitness consultant, if you are located in Atlanta or Hyattsville, or another fitness professional to assist you as you prepare for the APFT.

*Officers should first meet with their physician to determine if they are healthy enough to begin training for the APFT.

Basic Life Support for Health Care Providers Class Schedule - 2012

Be sure to review all information on courses and registration procedures below.

Registration Required – Using the HHS Learning Portal
Officers who are assigned to other agencies or outside the Atlanta area may wish to visit the Atlanta COA website for alternate training classes at www.atlantacoa.com, visit the Commissioned Corps Personnel Office website at www.cdc.gov/od/occp, or www.heart.org/eccclassconnector or contact CCPO staff at 404-498-1800 for additional information.

Course Information: (RENEWAL and INITIAL Classes offered)
Specially scheduled AHA Basic Life Support (BLS) for Health Care Provider courses are being provided exclusively for Atlanta based Commissioned Corps Officers to help them meet deployment readiness policy requirements. Priority enrollment will be given for active duty officers who need to obtain BLS certification to meet basic standards for readiness.

NOTE: Please be courteous to your fellow officers. If you cannot attend a BLS class which you registered for, please cancel through the HHS Learning Portal so that the system can add another Officer on the wait list.

ALL BLS courses will be held at the Roybal Campus, Bldg. 20, B113 (Basement)

Course Description: The BLS for Healthcare Providers Course is designed to teach the skills of CPR for victims of all ages (adult and pediatric) including ventilation with a barrier device, bag-mask ventilation, use of an automated external defibrillator (AED), and relief of foreign-body airway obstruction for the responsive and unresponsive victim.

Basic Life Support for Health Care Providers – This course is for those persons whose certification is current.

This is a shorter and faster paced course. Participants must provide a copy of their current card faxed to the Lifestyle Office (404) 639-4075 as soon as they register for a course in the HHS Learning Portal.

For Renewals, we recommend that you register to renew 3-4 months before your expiration date. This allows you more chance to reschedule before the expiration if a course has to be cancelled due to low registration.

Basic Life Support for Health Care Providers – BLS RENEWAL Course - click on the link below to register.