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.
- Saturday, March 21, 2026 at 9:00 AMCPR TO GO Training Center
- Saturday, April 18, 2026 at 9:00 AMCPR TO GO Training Center
- Saturday, May 16, 2026 at 9:00 AMCPR TO GO Training Center
- Saturday, June 20, 2026 at 9:00 AMCPR TO GO Training Center
- Saturday, July 18, 2026 at 9:00 AMCPR TO GO Training Center
- Saturday, August 15, 2026 at 9:00 AMCPR TO GO Training Center
- Saturday, September 19, 2026 at 9:00 AMCPR TO GO Training Center
- Saturday, October 17, 2026 at 9:00 AMCPR TO GO Training Center
- Saturday, November 21, 2026 at 9:00 AMCPR TO GO Training Center
- Saturday, December 19, 2026 at 9:00 AMCPR TO GO Training Center
- Saturday, January 16, 2027 at 9:00 AMCPR TO GO Training Center
- Saturday, February 20, 2027 at 9:00 AMCPR TO GO Training Center