Class Enrollment

Instructor Essentials - BLS & HeartSaver
Date/Time:	Wed 4/2/2025 from 8:00 AM to 1:00 PM
Location:	CG623
Class Price:	See Options

This course is for Basic Life Support (BLS) Instructor certification.  The BLS Instructor Essentials Course is designed to prepare instructor candidates to teach AHA Instructor-led and blended learning courses. The course educates instructor candidates on how to adequately use AHA Instructor teaching materials, ensure that students meet learning objectives, offer student coaching skills, provide an objective skills performance evaluation, and follow AHA Instructor and course policies.

 Course consists of:

• 3-hour online BLS Instructor Essentials course
• 6 hour classroom session consisting of practice teaching stations followed by psychomotor skills and cognitive testing
• Teaching an BLS course within 90 days and completing instruct monitoring

 Prior to the course:

• Pick-up an BLS Instructor Manual from Resuscitative Science Training Center (RSTC) located at the Simulation Center reception area, above the Harrell Library, 2^nd floor College Medicine Building
• Complete the online course modules, the survey and print your completion certificate
• Printed certificate is required for admission to the classroom session

• Once your class is completed and you have been successfully monitored (within 90 days of the class), your instrcutor card will be issued and you will be able to align via AHA with Penn State Milton S.Hershey Medical Center
• Please note AHA requires you teach 4 times within your certifcation date.  To renew you will be required to come to PSH Hershey to be monitored and take a written exam to recertify

 Cancellation: Penn State Health employees withdraw and re-schedule in Compass.  All others contact the RSTC no later than 24-hours prior to the course start date to receive a refund. 

 For questions contact RSTC at RSTC@pennstatehealth.psu.edu or 717-531-1834.