AHA HEARTSAVER INSTRUCTOR COURSE

Catalog description

The Heartsaver instructor course is designed to prepare students to become an American Heart Association lay instructor. The course covers the science, skills and philosophy of resuscitation as taught by the AHA for lay rescuers. The course provides instructor candidates with AHA educational philosophy, policies, and procedures as well as information for comprehension of Heartsaver level basic life support subject matter. This course educates the instructor candidate on how to adequately use AHA instructor training materials, ensures the student meets the learning objectives, offers student coaching skills, provides an objective skills performance evaluation, and follows AHA instructor training center/course policies. The course covers core content and discipline-specific content required to teach AHA courses. Pre-requisite: Instructor candidate must present either a current Heartsaver First Aid/CPR/AED, Heartsaver CPR/AED, or Heartsaver Pediatric First Aid/CPR/AED card. The candidate must then complete the online AHA Heartsaver Essentials Course, complete an instructor candidate application, and align with SIC as their Training Center (TC). The instructor candidate must demonstrate proficiency in Heartsaver skills, Heartsaver instruction, and be monitored before an instructor card is issued. The candidate must agree to teach a minimum of four courses in a two-year period, keep their provider card current, and must be monitored by the SIC Training Center Faculty (TCF) every 2 years. Variable credit and may be repeated three times. (0.5 to 1credit, 0.5 to 1 lecture, 0 lab)