EMS 2011 - Advanced Cardiac Life Support Instructor

Credits: 1
Hours/Week: Lab 1
Course Description: The ACLS Instructor course is designed to prepare individuals to become instructors in advanced cardiac life support (ACLS). Upon successful completion of the ACLS Instructor course, instructor candidates will be able to teach an American Heart Association (AHA) ACLS course using the video and lesson maps in the ACLS course instructor materials and will obtain AHA ACLS Instructor certification. This course requires completion of EMS 2001 or current ACLS certification and EMS 1010 with current certification or current American Heart Association (AHA) BLS Provider. Students must possess current certification or licensure as a paramedic (EMT-P), registered nurse (RN), medical doctor (MD), doctor of osteopathy (DO), respiratory therapist (RT), dentist (DDS), or physician’s assistant (PA).
MnTC Goals
None

Prerequisite(s): Instructor consent
Corequisite(s): None
Recommendation: One year as an advanced life support (ALS) provider.

Major Content

General concepts
Preparing for the course
Teaching the course
Testing
Appendixes
ACLS lesson plans
ACLS Instructor resources

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

Identify the prerequisites to becoming an AHA Instructor.
Describe the usability of the Program Administration Manual (PAM).
Describe the core competencies of an AHA Instructor.
Describe the 5 steps of the AHA Instruction Cycle: prepare, teach, test & remediate, close, and keep current.
Identify resources available to an AHA Instructor.
Describe how to use discipline-specific AHA Instructor materials: the Instructor Manual, Lesson Plans, course videos, and skills testing checklists.
Identify discipline-specific course formats available to students for completion of the course.
Describe discipline-specific course completion requirements.
Describe discipline-specific flexibility options available to an AHA Instructor within the course.
Describe the requirements for how to maintain an AHA Instructor status.
Describe effective AHA Instructor feedback and remediation techniques.
Demonstrate the administration of skills testing with the use of the skills testing checklists.

Minnesota Transfer Curriculum (MnTC): Goals and Competencies None
Competency Goals (MnTC Goals 1-6)
None
Theme Goals (MnTC Goals 7-10)
None

Practicum hours per week: 0

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