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AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION
BASIC LIFE SUPPORT INSTRUCTOR COURSE
The following is information you will need to determine the kind of instructor course you wish to take. An application will be found at the end of this section.
The Basic Life Support (BLS) Healthcare Provider Instructor course and the Heartsaver Instructor course is designed to prepare AHA instructors to disseminate the science, skills, and philosophy of the resuscitation programs to participants enrolled in AHA courses.
WE ONLY TAKE 4 - 6 PEOPLE IN EACH INSTRUCTOR COURSE
if you sign up for the Instructor course, you may cancel up until 2 weeks before the class. If you cancel less than two weeks before the course, you will have to pay for another Instructor course. We do not offer refunds if you cancel your spot less than 2 weeks before the scheduled Instructor course.
2012 Instructor courses
JANUARY 18, 2012 SORRY - FULL
MARCH 21, 2012
MAY 16, 2012 (date change)
JULY 18, 2012
SEPTEMBER 12, 2012
NOVEMBER 7, 2012
Lawson TEC will also provides group Instructor courses. If a group of at least three people wish to take an Instructor course, we can provide the course for you on a mutually determined date. All of the following information will also apply to a group course.
BLS HEALTHCARE PROVIDER INSTRUCTOR COURSE
COST: $250.00
We do not provide course manuals
Core Instructor Course - $25.00
Healthcare Provider Instructor Manual - $33.00
Heartsaver Instructor Manual - $49.00
Once we receive your application and payment, we will send you all of the information you will need to order the manuals from one of our 3 vendors. Please refer to the checklist located toward the bottom of this page. All elements must be completed in order to attend the classroom portion of the Instructor course.
This course is designed for people who wish to teach Healthcare Providers - Nurses, doctors, ancillary Healthcare providers and anyone who works in a medical environment. These instructors may also teach all Heartsaver courses, which includes Heartsaver CPR, Heartsaver AED and Heartsaver First Aid.
Instructor Candidate Prerequisites
Be identified as demonstrating instructor potential by showing:
1. A strong desire to teach
2. Excellent BLS performance and problem-solving skills
3. Able to follow directions and follow through with tasks
4. Able to communicate effectively in front of a group
5. Current AHA Healthcare Provider card with 2010 guidelines. HCP Card must be issued after 04/01/2011. If your have an AHA HCP card issued before 4/1/2011, you will need to take a new course, reflecting the new guidelines.
6. Be willing to come into the office of Lawson TEC for Skills check
off, at least 30 days prior to the Instructor course
7. Be aligned with an AHA Training Center - Ask if there is space available to affiliate with Lawson TEC. Please read the Lawson TEC Policies and Procedures at the end of this section.
8. Agree to teach a MINIMUM of two courses a year
9. Provide a completed instructor candidate application (click on "W" icon at top of page)
10. Complete the Core Instructor course prior to classroom day, either on-line through the American Heart Association website or with a CD Rom.
Registration Process
Once we have received the first four items on the following list of requirements, we will email you a letter giving you the information on how to order the instructor manuals and the Core Instructor Course workbook. The Core Instructor Course is an exercise that you must complete before you can take the one-day classroom session. Once you've completed the on-line exercise, you will print out the certificate indicating that you've completed it and bring that certificate to the Instructor course.
1. Forward a brief statement as to why you wish to participate in this course
2. Forward a check for the cost of the course made out to Lawson TEC Training Center or a credit card number
3. Complete the AHA Instructor Candidate Application, with appropriate signatures
4. Forward a copy of your current Healthcare Provider card (front and back)
5. Come into Lawson TEC for skills check off. Participant must have exemplary CPR skills , in order to take an Instructor course. If skills are not at the level they should be, we will be happy to work with you by allowing you to attend as many courses as you need to get to the level you should be to take the Instructor course.
6. Be willing to complete the Core Instructor course, either on-line or with a CD Rom and produce the completion certificate prior to the classroom portion of the course.
7. Order your Instructor manual(s) and review them prior to class. You must bring them to the Instructor course.
Monitoring and Mentoring
Each instructor candidate is required to be monitored teaching a Healthcare Provider course upon completion of the Instructor course. The monitoring process is usually facilitated by your Training Center. The monitoring process is facilitated by your Training Center. The Training Center will not issue an Instructor card until a satisfactory monitoring has been done. A second and third monitoring may be required. This is not recommended as a punitive measure, but as part of our mentoring process to ensure all instructors are proficient and feel completely comfortable to teach ALL BLS courses offered by the AHA.
HEARTSAVER INSTRUCTOR COURSE - The above dates apply COST: $250.00
We do not provide the course manuals
Core Instructor Course manual - $25.00
Heartsaver Instructor Manual - $49.00
This course is for individuals who wish to teach Lay people - child care givers, security guards, Baby sitters, teachers, adult care givers. Heartsaver Instructors cannot teach Healthcare Providers, only Non-healthcare providers.
Requirements:
Be identified as demonstrating instructor potential by showing
1. A strong desire to teach
2. Excellent BLS performance and problem-solving skills
3. Able to follow directions and follow through with tasks
4. Able to communicate effectively in front of a group
5. Agree to teach a MINIMUM of two courses a year
ALSO -
1. Forward a brief statement as to why you wish to participate in this course
2. Forward a check for the cost of the course made out to Lawson TEC Training Center
3. Complete the AHA Instructor Candidate Application, with appropriate signatures
4. Be aligned with an AHA training Center
5. Forward a copy of your current (G2010) Heartsaver First Aid With CPR and AED card (front and back). Card must be issued AFTER 04/01/2011 reflecting the new guidelines. If your card was issued before this date, you will have to take a new course.
6. Come into Lawson TEC for skills check off. Participant must have exemplary CPR skills , in order to take an Instructor course. If skills are not at the level they should be, we will be happy to work with you by allowing you to attend as many courses as you need to get to the level you should be to take the Instructor course.
7. Be willing to complete the Core Instructor course, either on-line or with a CD Rom and produce the completion certificate prior to the classroom portion of the course.
8. Order your Instructor manual(s) and review them prior to class. You must bring them to the Instructor course.
Monitoring and Mentoring
Each instructor candidate is required to be monitored teaching a Heartsaver CPR and AED course after completion of the Instructor course. The monitoring process is facilitated by your Training Center. The Training Center will not issue an Instructor card until a satisfactory monitoring has been done. A second and third monitoring may be required. This is not recommended as a punitive measure, but as part of our mentoring process to ensure all instructors are proficient and feel completely comfortable to teach ALL Heartsaver courses offered by the AHA.
Call for more information - 703-796-9222
Click on icon at top of page to get your BLS Instructor application
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INSTRUCTOR COURSE CHECKLIST
Please use this checklist as a guide to completing the required elements. All items must be checked off before you can attend a BLS Instructor course.
__ Instructor Course Application ( click on MS icon at top of page)
___$250.00 Payment, per credit card, cash or check.
__Current AHA Healthcare Provider card with new G2010 guidelines. Card must be dated AFTER 4/1/2011.
__You must be affiliated with an AHA Training Center. You may contact area Training Centers (Americanheart.org) to see if they will take you on as a new Instructor. Their role will be to monitor you teaching a CPR course and then issue your instructor card. The will also provide you with student CPR cards when you teach classes. If you are affiliating with Lawson TEC, please contact us to be sure that we have room for new instructors.
___Core Instructor Course Certificate - The Core Instructor course takes
About 8 hours and is required in order to take the classroom part of the Instructor course. We recommend that once you get the Core Instructor Course Workbook, that you use the “Key” or number inside the front of the book to go through this program on line. The workbook will give you the website. Once you’ve finished, you will print out a copy of the Certificate of Completion and bring it with you to the Instructor course.
__Candidate orders Instructor Manuals; must have them for the course
__Skills checked off - Participants are assumed to have mastered the cognitive subject matter and skills needed to teach BLS. Class time will be spent on information needed by the Instructor candidate to successfully teach American Heart Association CPR courses. Therefore, we ask that you make an appointment with us to have your skills checked off before the Instructor course. Skills check off will take about 30 minutes. If you’ve gone through a Healthcare Provider course with Lawson TEC within 3 months, you do not need to come in for skills check off. Time will be taken during the Instructor course to assure your skills are in accordance with the American Heart Association standards.
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