NOTICE!
Due to the upcoming changes in guidelines in November of 2010, we are offering a limited number of Instructor courses in 2010. The next Instructor course after the change in guidelines will be available either in late April or May of 2011. Please be aware that guideline changes require the purchase of new videos and textbooks.
What do the "ABC's" mean to you?
A strong desire to teach?
Background in healthcare?(not mandatory)
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Thank you for your interest in becoming an American Heart Association Instructor. AHA prides itself in offering the finest training with high quality control standards. >>>Action CPR is an authorized American Heart Association Training Center offering community courses and instructor training. We strictly follow AHA guidelines and use of training materials as outlined by AHA. Use of these materials in courses does not represent course sponsorship by the AHA. Fees charged for the instructor course or other courses are not revenue generated for the Association.
1. To begin you must have current provider cards in BLS Healthcare Provider and Heartsaver First Aid/CPR. Even with a current card we require you to attend the classes in our office at no additional cost, prior to the Instructor Course.
2. The next step is completing the Core Instructor Course (CIC) before the classroom portion. This is the "do at home" portion of the training and takes about ten hours. It's on an interactive CD requiring either:
PC Processor: Pentium III or 4 Windows 95, 98 NT 4.0, 2000 or XP
OR
Macintosh: PowerPC, iBook, G3 or higher MAC OS 9.1 and higher
3. Attending the Instructor Training course at Action CPR's facility is next. This is about eight hours of classroom time focusing on “hands on” practice of teaching, remediation and other critical skills.
4. The final step is being monitored while you teach. This must be done within 90 days of Instructor training. This requires you to have the equipment and materials listed below before being monitored. You must also schedule time to observe one more class taught in our office, before being monitored. All of this training is done to insure Instructor Candidates are prepared to teach, however depending on the instructor, remediation of teaching skills at times may be needed. If more than one monitoring session is necessary, your option is to teach at our office at no additional cost. If you wish to have the monitoring done at your location, there is a fee of $50.00.
Price: $450.00 INCLUDES:
- Healthcare Provider and Heartsaver First Aid / CPR Instructor manuals
- Healthcare Provider and Heartsaver First Aid / CPR Course DVDs (two dvd's)
- Healthcare Provider and Heartsaver First Aid student textbooks (1 each)
- Stopwatch and combination set of posters for BLS and Heartsaver CPR
- Core Instructor Course
- In office Instructor Course day (about 8 hours)
- First year alignment fee ($50.00 for following years. Every Instructor MUST be aligned with a Training Center in order to teach)
- Monitor candidate’s 1st class @ their site (If a second remediation monitoring is needed and done at your location, there is an additional fee of $50.00. )
IMPORTANT !
- Course fee IS NOT refundable unless we have to cancel. If a refund is requested instead of rescheduling, course materials must be returned in good condition, unmarked. If not in good condition, fee is prorated.
- If you cannot attend as planned, you're allowed one opportunity to re-schedule for the next course date offered ONLY. If you're unable to attend the re-scheduled session, your full fee is forfeited.
- You must come into the office by the deadline to pay, pick up course materials, and schedule preview classes.
- Instructor candidates must successfully complete the entire course program to be eligible to be monitored. An instructor card is issued only after successful monitoring. There are no exceptions.
PLEASE NOTE!
American Heart Association mandates for new Instructors that class not exceed 6:1 student to instructor ratio. So that the candidate and/or their company understands clearly the required materials, the following list is an approximate price range of other supplies needed.
EQUIPMENT and MATERIALS
- Adult manikins (max. student to manikin is 3:1 but 1:1 is strongly suggested) $50-$200 per manikin
- Infant manikins (max. student to manikin is 3:1 but 1:1 is strongly suggested) $35-$80 per manikin
- AED trainer $129 and up
- Pocket masks/mouthpieces $40
- Adult and infant bag valve masks $50
- Student course textbooks per student for each class $8.50-$13.95
- Cost per student cards issued $3.00
- Appropriate cleaning supplies
- TV / DVD player and space large enough to accommodate class
- Internet connection
