AHA ACLS Instructor Certification

The AHA ACLS Instructor Course is a blended-learning (online, and in-person) program. Students who take the Instructor Course (Instructor Candidates) must be a current ACLS Provider, complete an online ACLS Instructor Essentials Online course, participate in a live, in-person instructor class and be monitored by an instructor trainer (Training Faculty).

The course content includes:

- AHA ACLS materials

- HeartCode® ACLS and Blended Learning

- Required equipment and decontamination

- Organization of an AHA class

- AHA materials, and how they improve student retention

- The AHA Instructor Network website

- AHA exams and skills testing

- Completing your instructor certification

- Renewing your instructor certification

- Must be at least 18 years old

- Must be AHA ACLS Provider certified with current (not expired) eCard

- Must be proficient in BLS skills (Adult, Child & Infant CPR AED) and ACLS course content

- Must complete the ACLS Instructor Essentials Online course

1. Have a current AHA ACLS Provider eCard.

2. Complete online precourse assignment (ACLS Instructor Essentials Online).

3. Review ACLS Instructor Manual and ACLS Provider Manual.

4. Complete Live, In-Person Instructor Class with one of our exceptional Training Faculty (Instructor Trainers).

5. Be monitored by Training Faculty within ninety (90) days or sooner of attending the Instructor Class.

Once you are a certified AHA ACLS Instructor, your certification is valid for two (2) years.

1. Current AHA ACLS Provider eCard = 7-15 hours

2. ACLS Instructor Essentials Online = 1-2 hours

3. Review ACLS Instructor Manual and ACLS Provider Manual = varies

4. Live, In-Person Instructor Class = 6-7 hours

5. Be monitored by Training Faculty = 5 hours

Total Time Commitment = 19-30 hours

- AHA ACLS Provider Manual Textbook -or- eBook

- AHA ACLS Instructor Manual Textbook -or- eBook

- ACLS Instructor Essentials Online Course

- AHA ACLS Instructor Class = $509.99

- AHA ACLS Provider Manual Textbook -or- eBook

- AHA ACLS Instructor Manual Textbook -or- eBook

- ACLS Instructor Essentials Online Course

- Government-Issued Photo Identification (Proof that you are at least 18 years old),

- Current AHA ACLS Provider eCard,

- Certificate from ACLS Instructor Essentials Online course,

- AHA Instructor Candidate Application.

Any person participating in any AHA Instructor Course must be aligned with an AHA-Authorized Training Center. When you register for the ACLS Instructor Course with APHE TC, you are automatically aligned with APHE TC.

Each Instructor Candidate is required to teach a class while being monitored by an instructor trainer (AHA Training Faculty) within ninety (90) days or less after the instructor class. The Training Faculty is evaluating use of required AHA materials, course delivery, feedback from Instructor Candidate to students, testing of students, and professionalism of Instructor Candidate. 

Once the monitored class and the required documentation is successfully completed, an AHA ACLS Instructor certification (eCard) is issued to the now-certified AHA ACLS Instructor.  

- AHA ACLS Provider classes,

- AHA ACLS Provider Update classes,

- AHA HeartCode® ACLS skills sessions.

Once you are a certified AHA ACLS Instructor, your certification is valid for two (2) years. To recertify, you must:

1. Teach at least four (4) total of a combination of the following: 

• ACLS Provider classes, 
• ACLS Skills Sessions, 
• = 12-60 hours

2. Complete ACLS Provider Exam = 0.5-1 hour

3. Review APHE TC Update Video = 1 hour

4. Be monitored teaching (in-person or virtually) by Training Faculty = 1-3 hours

5. Complete renewal documentation = 0.5-1 hour

Total Ongoing Time Commitment (every two years) = 15-66 hours