American Heart Association · Instructor Track
AHA BLS Instructor Course
If your organization runs enough CPR volume, sending people out for training stops making sense. Certify your own instructor and bring it in-house.
- Course Length
- Instructor course plus a monitored teaching session
- Credential
- AHA BLS Instructor certification following successful monitoring.
- Format
- In person, hands-on. On-site available.
- Issuing Body
- American Heart Association
Who this course is for
- Healthcare facilities training staff continuously
- Fire and EMS departments
- School districts and childcare organizations
- Employers with recurring OSHA training requirements
- Experienced providers who want to teach
What you will learn
- AHA instructor essentials and course administration
- Delivering the BLS Provider course to AHA standards
- Skills testing, remediation, and defensible evaluation
- Equipment, materials, and roster management
- Training Site alignment and eCard issuance
Prerequisites
A current AHA BLS Provider card and demonstrated proficiency. Instructor candidates must align with an AHA Training Center. Contact us before purchasing — we will confirm you meet current AHA instructor requirements.
Need this for your whole team?
On-site training is our primary service. We bring instructors, manikins, AED trainers, and all course materials to your facility anywhere in Lee, Collier, or Charlotte County — and we can contract a recurring schedule so nobody's card ever lapses.
Request On-Site TrainingQuestions people actually ask
What does the process actually involve?
In practice it is the instructor course itself, followed by a monitored teaching session where an experienced instructor observes you run a class. Typically that means one day of instructor coursework and one monitoring day.
Do I have to align with a Training Center?
Yes. AHA instructors cannot operate independently — every instructor is aligned with an Authorized Training Center. Care Chain CPR can align qualified instructors.
Why Care Chain CPR
Care Chain CPR is an American Heart Association Authorized Training Site and an American Red Cross Authorized Provider. Classes are taught by active firefighter-paramedics and credentialed healthcare providers — people who do this work on shift, not classroom-only educators. We serve Fort Myers, Cape Coral, Naples, Bonita Springs, Estero, Lehigh Acres, Port Charlotte, and Punta Gorda.