Heartsaver Instructor Course

Heartsaver Instructor

When you sign up to be an instructor, you’ll have the support of the largest, leading organization dedicated to ECC.   Because the AHA is a nonprofit organization, you can take pride in the fact that every dollar the American Heart Association receives goes back into the research and support of ECC. 

General requirements to be an AHA instructor:

·         A current AHA provider card for the course you wish to teach. (See below)

·         Letter from a Training Center Coordinator indicating that the TC will accept you as an instructor.

·         Willingness to teach the scientific and program guidelines of the American Heart Association.

·         Commitment to teach two courses per year according to AHA guidelines.

Course Description

The Heartsaver Instructor course is a one-day course (8 hours) geared towards individuals who would like to teach the American Heart Association’s Heartsaver CPR, Heartsaver CPR in Schools, Heartsaver AED, and the CPR for Family and Friends courses.

Course Format

Video-mediated instruction is the primary format of our courses. This format allows for maximum skill practice time and is proven to help students learn multiple psychomotor skills. Throughout the course, instructors introduce a topic, then show a video segment that shows the steps to perform the skill. Students then practice the skill in work groups.

Prerequisite: Provider card in one of the following:

Healthcare Provider or

Heartsaver AED and Adult, Child and Infant CPR or

Heartsaver AED and Heartsaver CPR

Course Options Approximate Time: Heartsaver Instructor—CPR and AED 8 hours

Course Content

o        Master demonstration and discussion of performance skills

o        Science behind the guidelines

o        Watch-then-practice video instruction

o        Scenario practice

o        Principles of written and practical evaluation

o        Review of American Heart Association course options

o        General issues

§         Participant/instructor ratios

§         Pre-course materials

§         Course rosters

§         Review of courses

·         CPR for Family and Friends

·         Heartsaver CPR

·         Heartsaver CPR in Schools

·         Heartsaver AED

o        Maintenance and decontamination of manikins

Training Materials: Each student will receive a BLS Instructor’s Manual.

Course Completion Card

Each participant will receive a Heartsaver Instructor Card after successfully completing the Heartsaver Instructor skills performance and written exam and being monitored by an Instructor Trainer while teaching a CPR class to students.

Why American Heart Association Training?

As the world leader in Emergency Cardiovascular Care (ECC) and CPR training, the AHA offers the highest-quality courses and training materials available. Quality begins with the course content and extends through the design of the materials. A national training network with consistent policies and procedures further ensures the quality of our courses.

At the American Heart Association, time, effort and funding go to research, training and education in emergency cardiovascular care and the prevention of stroke and heart disease.  AHA courses are universally recognized as the standard in ECC education and offer the most current materials, based on cutting-edge research.

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