Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) and Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) Instructor and Renewal Classes

Basic Life Support Instructor Program

These courses are to prepare individuals to become instructors in Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support or Pediatric Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support.

Instructor candidates must be at least 18 years of age and licensed or certified in a healthcare occupation where such skills are within the provider scope of practice. The ideal instructor candidate must be motivated to teach, motivated to facilitate learning and motivated to ensure that students acquire the skills necessary for successful course completion. An AHA instructor should continuously view student assessment as a way to improve individual knowledge and skills.

Prerequisites

• Provide proof of current provider card for the discipline you plan to teach
• Provide a letter of recommendation from a current AHA Instructor.
• Provide proof of completion of the AHA Core Instructor Course
• Willingness to teach a minimum of four courses in a two-year period.
   

Objective

Candidates will be able to teach an ACLS or PALS course using the video and lesson maps that are part of the ACLS or PALS course instructor materials. Candidates will also be able to use the most current testing materials to conduct skills testing.

Exit Criteria

• Attend the entire course.
• Instruct a group on the team concept.
• Successfully evaluate another instructor candidate running a Megacode while correctly using the skills testing checklist (ACLS).
• Successfully evaluating another instructor candidate’s core case test while correctly using the case test checklist (PALS).
• Successfully remediate another instructor candidate.

Cost: $250 per participant – includes discipline specific instructor manual.

Disclosure Policy: Speakers will disclose to attendees the nature of any significant financial relationships they have with the commercial firms providing support, as well as the commercial manufacturers of products and/or the providers of services discussed in their presentations. They will also disclose if any pharmaceuticals or medical procedures and devices discussed are investigational or unapproved for use by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA).

Basic Life Support Instructor Program

This program is designed to prepare individuals to become instructors in both BLS for the Healthcare Provider and in all AHA Heartsaver courses.

Ideal Instructor candidates must be at least 16 years of age and must be motivated to teach, to facilitate learning and to ensure that students acquire the skills necessary for successful course completion. An AHA instructor should continuously view student assessment as a way to improve individual knowledge and skills.

Prerequisites

• Provide proof of current provider card for the discipline you plan to teach
• Provide a letter of recommendation from a current AHA Instructor.
• Provide proof of completion of the AHA Core Instructor Course
• Willingness to teach a minimum of four courses in a two-year period.
   

Objectives

The instructor candidates will be able to teach a BLS and/or Heartsaver course using the video and lesson maps and the most current testing materials to conduct skills testing. 

Cost: $250 per participant – includes both BLS Instructor and Heartsaver Instructor manual.