EMS 2010 - CPR Instructor

Credits: 1
Hours/Week: Lecture 1
Course Description: This course is designed to teach participants the fundamentals of teaching Basic Life Support (BLS) to a variety of audiences. Successful completion of this course allows the participant to teach CPR and offer American Heart Association course completion cards to lay rescuers and health professionals. Successful completion of this course will result in American Heart Association CPR Instructor certification. This course requires completion of EMS 1010  with current certification or a current American Heart Association (AHA) Basic Life Support (BLS) Provider certification.
MnTC Goals
None

Prerequisite(s): EMS 1010 with current certification or a current American Heart Association (AHA) Basic Life Support (BLS) Provider certification.
Corequisite(s): None
Recommendation: None

Major Content

1. Instructor course introduction
2. AHA introduction
3. AHA resources
4. BLS Provider preparation
5. BLS Provider course 
   1. Lessons 2 - 5
   2. Lesson 6 and 6a
   3. Lessons 7 - 10
   4. Lessons 11 - 13
   5. HeartCode BLS
6. BLS Conclusion
7. HeartSaver course overview
8. HeartSaver portfolio
9. HeartSaver testing
10. HeartSaver blended course
11. Course conclusion and exam

 
Learning Outcomes
At the end of this course students will be able to:

1. identify the prerequisites to becoming an AHA Instructor  
2. describe the usability of the PAM  
3. describe the core competencies of an AHA Instructor
4. describe the 5 steps of the AHA Instruction Cycle: prepare, teach, test and remediate, close, and keep current
5. identify resources available to an AHA Instructor
6. describe how to use discipline-specific instructor materials: the instructor manual, lesson plans, course videos, and skills testing checklists
7. identify discipline-specific course formats available to complete the course
8. describe discipline-specific course completion requirements
9. describe discipline-specific flexibility options available to an AHA Instructor within the course
10. describe the requirements for how to maintain an AHA Instructor status
11. describe effective AHA Instructor feedback and remediation techniques
12. demonstrate the administration of skills testing with the use of the skills testing checklists

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