AHA PALS Instructor Certification

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

- HeartCode® PALS 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 PALS Provider certified with current (not expired) eCard

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

- Must complete the PALS Instructor Essentials Online course

1. Have a current AHA PALS Provider eCard.

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

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

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

2. PALS Instructor Essentials Online = 1-2 hours

3. Review PALS Instructor Manual and PALS 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 PALS Provider Manual Textbook -or- eBook

- AHA PALS Instructor Manual Textbook -or- eBook

- PALS Instructor Essentials Online Course

- AHA PALS Instructor Class = $509.99

- AHA PALS Provider Manual Textbook -or- eBook

- AHA PALS Instructor Manual Textbook -or- eBook

- PALS Instructor Essentials Online Course

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

- Current AHA PALS Provider eCard,

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

- AHA PALS Provider classes,

- AHA PALS Provider Update classes,

- AHA HeartCode® PALS skills sessions, &

- AHA PEARS® Provider classes.

Once you are a certified AHA PALS 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: 

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

2. Complete PALS 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