AHA ASLS® Instructor Certification

The AHA ASLS® Instructor Course is a blended-learning (online, and in-person) program. Students who take the Instructor Course (Instructor Candidates) must be a current ASLS® Provider, complete an online ASLS® 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 ASLS® materials

- ASLS® Blended Learning

- Required equipment and decontamination

- Organization of an AHA class

- AHA materials, and how they improve student retention

- The AHA Atlas website

- Skills testing

- Completing your instructor certification

- Renewing your instructor certification

- Must be at least 18 years old

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

- Must be proficient in ASLS® course content

- Must complete the ASLS® Instructor Essentials Online course

1. Have a current AHA ASLS® Provider eCard.

2. Complete online precourse assignment (ASLS® Instructor Essentials Online).

3. Review ASLS® Instructor Manual and ASLS® 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 ASLS® Instructor, your certification is valid for two (2) years.

1. Current AHA ASLS® Provider eCard = 4-12 hours

2. ASLS® Instructor Essentials Online = 1-2 hours

3. Review ASLS® Instructor Manual and ASLS® Provider Manual = varies

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

5. Be monitored by Training Faculty = 2-3 hours

Total Time Commitment = 13-24 hours

- AHA ASLS® Provider Manual eBook (included with purchase of ASLS® Online)

- AHA ASLS® Instructor Manual Textbook -or- eBook

- AHA ASLS® Instructor Essentials Online Course

- AHA ASLS® Instructor Class = $299.99

- AHA ASLS® Provider Manual eBook (included with purchase of ASLS® Online)

- AHA ASLS® Instructor Manual Textbook -or- eBook

- AHA ASLS® Instructor Essentials Online Course

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

- Current AHA ASLS® Provider eCard,

- Certificate from ASLS® 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 ASLS® 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 ASLS® Instructor certification (eCard) is issued to the now-certified AHA ASLS® Instructor.  

- AHA ASLS® skills sessions.

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

1. Teach at least four (4) total ACLS Skills Sessions (8-12 hours)

2. Complete ASLS® Instructor 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) = 11-18 hours