Class Enrollment

AHA BLS INSTRUCTOR and BLS Instrucor Essentials Online
Date/Time:	Sat 1/16/2027 at 9:00 AM
Location:	CPR TO GO Training Center 11050 Lamey Bridge Road D'IBERVILLE, MS 39540
Class Price:	$238.00
Notes:	To become a Basic Life Support (BLS) instructor, you must hold a current BLS provider certification and complete the American Heart Association (AHA) BLS Instructor Essentials Course, followed by an in-person hands-on session at an AHA Training Center. You also need to pass an online pre-test, demonstrate mastery of BLS skills, and be at least 18 years old.

Instructor Essentials Course Prerequisites

The AHA has defined these Instructor Essentials course prerequisite requirements.

The Instructor Candidate must:

• Currently have or obtain a provider card in the discipline(s) for which he or she is interested in teaching and be proficient in all skills
• Identify TCs accepting new Instructors before enrolling in an Instructor program (the TC hosting the course may not necessarily be the same as the primary designated TC); Instructor Essentials courses/TCs may be located at www.heart.org/cpr(link opens in new window)
• Complete an Instructor Candidate Application to be on file with the accepting primary TC
• Successfully complete the appropriate discipline-specific online Instructor Essentials course with a certificate of completion brought to the classroom for a hands-on session conducted by TF. (An Instructor Candidate Workbook may be secured from the TF or from the online Instructor Essentials course at eLearning.Heart.org(link opens in new window). Faculty may incorporate the cost of Instructor materials into the cost of the course, or the student may purchase materials separately from one of our authorized distributors)
• Meet all renewal requirements for Instructor status renewal (they must teach the required minimum of 4 ILT or skills portions of a HeartCode course)
  • For 100% HeartCode facilities, a skills test may satisfy the monitoring of the Instructor
• Register on atlas.heart.org(link opens in new window) and be accepted and approved by their primary Training Center for issuance of their Instructor ID number from the Network, which must be used to issue course completion cards/ecards

Note: The Instructor card issued by the primary TC is valid for 2 years.