AHA BLS INSTRUCTOR COURSE (HLTH 135)

Term: 2025-2026 Academic Year Spring

Faculty

Emily Mary York
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Tonya Marie Potts
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Schedule

Sat, 8:00 AM - 4:30 PM (1/31/2026 - 1/31/2026) Location: MC T 224
Sat, 8:00 AM - 4:30 PM (2/7/2026 - 2/7/2026) Location: MC T 224

Description

This course is designed to prepare an instructor candidate to teach AHA Basic Life Support (BLS) Instructor-led and blended learning classes. 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 a current provider card in the BLS discipline, complete the online AHA BLS Essentials Course, complete an instructor candidate application, and align with SIC as their Training Center (TC). The instructor candidate must demonstrate proficiency in BLS skills, BLS 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, k