CPR 4 Your Heart, LLC
Thank you for your interest in the American Heart Association (AHA) Basic Life Support (BLS) Instructor Course and/or Heartsaver (HS) Instructor Course with CPR 4 Your Heart, LLC an AHA Training Center. We are committed to upholding the AHA standards of excellence in community and professional education.
Below are all the steps involved in becoming an American Heart Association BLS Instructor and/or HS Instructor. Please read this in its entirety. Becoming an AHA Instructor is not meant to be a quick and easy process, there are several steps involved and all are set in place to gauge your commitment level and ability to follow instruction. Teaching lifesaving skills to the public is a large responsibility that is taken very seriously by the American Heart Association, myself and my fellow Instructors.
Prerequisites
- Be 18 years of age or older- bring valid drivers license/ID to class
- Have a current AHA BLS Provider card (only AHA BLS cert accepted) and AHA Heartsaver student card (if will be teaching HS courses)-email to us before class
- Demonstrate mastery in BLS and HS skills---** Required Skills Mastery** (must be correctly demonstrated during course, may need to set up skills practice/mastery session, if not shown on this Day). 1 and 2-rescuer Adult BLS, Use of Bag-valve mask, Use of Pocket mask, Use of AED, 1 and 2-rescuer Infant BLS, (if teaching HS courses) Lay rescuer Adult, Child and Infant CPR/AED (Heartsaver CPR), Removing Gloves (Heartsaver First Aid), Finding the Problem (Heartsaver First Aid), Using an Epinephrine Pen (Heartsaver First Aid),Stopping Bleeding and Bandaging (Heartsaver First Aid)
- Phone call with CPR 4 Your Heart Training Center Administrator, Ruth Alvarez. Email at ruth@cpr4yourheart.com with availability.---will discuss AHA materials required, course disciplines, and required equipment.
The American Heart Association BLS/HS Instructor Course will allow the participant to teach all American Heart Association BLS level certification classes as well as the Heartsaver CPR/AED, First Aid, Bloodborne Pathogens, Pediatric First Aid CPR AED, and Friends & Family CPR. (must have required AHA materials for each course)- see information from the AHA about becoming an instructor Instructor information from Atlas.org.com
Online BLS Essentials course will be emailed for you to complete before this course.
You must purchase and bring to class: AHA instructor and student materials for each discipline.
Instructors will use our online roster management program, Enrollware, to input all documents required for each class they teach. Cards can only be ordered through the AHA Training Center the Instructor is affiliated/aligned with. There are very specific policies on ordering cards, this will be reviewed during the instructor course.
Upon the successful completion of the prerequisites, the Instructor Course and class monitoring, you will receive your AHA BLS or Heartsaver Instructor card. As your AHA Training Center, we are here to help you, if you have any questions, please call CPR 4 Your Heart, LLC at 336-285-8003. Thank you for your interest in taking this AHA Instructor course through CPR 4 Your Heart, LLC.
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