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AHA BLS Instructor – Friday, October 18, 2024
October 18 @ 9:00 am – 6:00 pm
AHA BLS Instructor –
This course by the American Heart Association (AHA) is a Basic Life Support (BLS) Instructor course designed to allow the participant to teach all courses in the AHA BLS curriculum. This course includes the AHA BLS Instructor manual and 2-year AHA BLS Instructor certification.
The following are courses an AHA BLS Instructor is eligible to teach:
- BLS Provider
- Heartsaver CPR AED
- Heartsaver First Aid
- CPR for Family & Friends
- Heartsaver Bloodborne Pathogens
There are 4 steps to completing the AHA BLS Instructor course:
- Have your BLS skills pre-monitored and successfully complete the AHA BLS Provider written exam. This step will be completed at the beginning of the instructor course, and should take approximately 30 minutes.
- Complete the AHA BLS Essentials online course. This course is approximately 2.5 hours long, and must be completed prior to the instructor course. You will receive your online registration information for this course, when you register and pay for the course. If you are from a department or company, we will invoice that organization if desired.
- Successfully complete the instructor-led BLS Instructor course. This will be one 8-hour day.
- Successfully be monitored teaching in a BLS Provider course by a LifeForce USA Training Center Faculty. You can schedule this last step, once the first three steps have been completed. You have six months from the instructor course date to successfully complete this post monitoring.
Once you are registered and paid for the course, you will receive an email with links to the following:
- AHA BLS Instructor Essentials Online course.
- AHA BLS Instructor manual – digital version.
Safety Protocols
Due to the recommendations from the CDC and State of NJ, wearing a mask is now optional. To provide a safe environment, if you are not feeling well, have any signs or symptoms of a COVID-19, have a fever, or other respiratory issues, you will not be allowed to attend the skill session, and will be rescheduled to the next available date that fits your schedule. If you have a temperature of 100.4 or higher, you will not be allowed into the training room and not allowed to take the course for that day, and will be rescheduled. Touchless Hand Sanitizer dispensers are available for your use.
