American Heart Association BLS Instructor Workshop

Credit

No formal CEUs are awarded for this program.

Description

Instructors play an important role in the American Heart Association's Chain of Survival.  The purpose of this course is to provide candidates the opportunity to acquire the knowledge and skills necessary to instruct and evaluate potential BLS providers.  The course provides candidates with:

• AHA Emergency Cardiovascular Care (ECC) educational philosophy and national AHA policies and procedures affecting all ECC instructors,
• Sufficient background information for comprehension of BLS subject matter,
• Information on teaching methods,
• An understanding of the educational aids available for teaching provider courses,
• The opportunity to develop effective presentation abilities.

Prerequisites

• Current BLS for Healthcare Providers course completion card at the time of the workshop
• Throrough mastery of the information and skills for BLS according to the current ECC Guidelines for CPR and Emergency Cardiovascular Care
• A completed AHA Instructor Candidate Application, signed by a Training Center (TC) Coordinator, or a letter from a TC Coordinator indicating that the candidate will be affiliating as an instructor with that TC
• Willingness and desire to teach in accordance with the scientific and program guidelines of the AHA
• Each candidate must make a commitment to teach two courses per year according to the AHA guidelines
• Each candidate must demonstrate confident, smooth, model, instructor-level BLS provider skills (including operation of automated external defibrillator, pocket mask, and bag-mask device) and pass the current BLS for Healthcare Providers written exam with a score of at least 84% at a special screening session before the workshop begins.  Candidates who do not pass the prescreening evaluations will not continue with the rest of the workshop and will receive a partial refund.

Date(s) & Time(s)

Fee(s)

Varies.  Includes tuition, student materials, refreshment breaks and parking.  Meals are on your own.

Important Information

• Candidates are strongly advised to prepare for the pre-screening session with their sponsoring Training Center.  Candidates must demonstrate well-polished,  instructor-level proficiency with skills and knowledge of the subject matter--well beyond that of the routine provider.
• The process includes completing some mandatory Internet-based coursework from the American Heart Association..
• Candidates must be physically able to demonstrate all BLS skills and techniques on training manikins during the entire course.
• The workshop requires candidates to be evaluated while presenting short lectures and skill lessons to a group.
• Candidates become instructors after successfully completing the workshop and showing adequate teaching performance while being evaluated during actual CPR training.