Basic Life Support for Health Care Providers (BLS/HCP) Instructor Course

This course is aimed at experienced persons who have completed the BLS for Healthcare Providers, have completed the BLS Essentials course, and who wish to teach the BLS courses. Discover how to effectively present lecture materials, monitor and coach students, demonstrate accurate CPR skills for adult, child and infant patients, demonstrate manikin maintenance techniques, evaluate written and skills performance, maintain accurate records, and work with a Training Center (TC). You must affiliate with a TC of your choice, be at least 16 years old, have a current BLS for Healthcare Provider CPR card and purchase an instructor manual. Written testing, hands-on performance and practice lecture required. CPR instructor card is valid for two years. Instructors must teach four classes within two years to remain certified. Prerequisites: Successful completion of the BLS Essentials course, which can be accessed at www.onlineaha.org. You must bring a copy of your certificate of completion of the BLS Essentials course and current BLS for Healthcare Providers card to class.  Required books: You will need the BLS Instructor manuel for the class. You can find all instructor materials here. Make sure to read additional class informatin in this link.