Irish Heart Foundation
Basic Life Support (BLS)
Instructor Course Cork

The Irish Heart Foundation Basic life Support (BLS) for Healthcare Providers Instructor Course

Requirements:

You must be a healthcare worker (Doctor, Nurse, Paramedic / EMT & Allied healthcare staff ) to engage in this course. A BLS certificate must be valid prior to the engagement.

Duration: 2 Days

(This is not a BLS instructor refresher course. The refresher course page can be viewed here)

Course Date: Saturday 5th & Sunday 6th of September

Course cost: 500€

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Location Venue: University College Cork ( See Below )

Course involves lecture presentation & practical delivery with assessment

Certification: BLS Instructor valid for 2 years

English Language: All the training is delivered in English. Students are expected to have good command of the english language.

Complete the 2-day instructor course

The course teaches:

how to run BLS classes,
assess learners,
manage paperwork,
remediate skills,
and teach according to IHF/AHA standards.

This BLS instructor course for Healthcare providers is two days in length, during which candidates will practice facilitating a class with role play as both an instructor and provider candidate. Participants will also learn how to administer the course and keep appropriate records, to remediate skills and answer reasonable questions.

To successfully complete the course practical skills must be successfully demonstrated throughout the practical lessons of the course and instructor competencies must be achieved.

Pre Course Considerations

Instructor candidates are required to have completed the BLS Provider Course as a prerequisite to attend the BLS Instructor Course and this provider certification must be in date at the time of attending the instructor course.

Instructor candidates must also ensure they have excellent practical BLS skills which include:

Adult, Infant and Child one person CPR
Adult two person CPR
Adult, Infant and Child Foreign Body Airway Obstruction
Recovery Position
AED Training
Bag Valve Mask Devices
Pocket Masks
Barrier devices
Manikin Hygiene

The Irish Heart Foundation only recognises BLS/ Heartsaver and CFR training when it is conducted through our affiliated organisations and course exams and completion cards are only issued through the training site coordinators linked to these organisations.

Therefore you may wish to consider aligning yourself to such an affiliated training site prior to going to the effort of attending an instructor course to ensure your training will be able to be certified.

Instructor Competencies

BLS/ CFR Instructors need to be proficient in all BLS/ CFR skills and be able to teach IHF, AHA and PHECC courses correctly and as they were intended – with a high standard of ethics and professionalism. Instructors need to be able to test candidates effectively. Instructors also need to be able to manage space, time, materials and paperwork in compliance with IHF, AHA, PHECC and their own training site’s guidelines.

Post Course Certification Requirements

Once the BLS/ CFR Instructor Course is successfully completed, new BLS/ CFR Instructors must participate in the delivery of at least 3 courses before becoming recognised as an instructor.
Firstly they must teach alongside an experienced instructor, on the second course they should lead the course with the support and guidance of an experienced instructor, and on the third course they must successfully deliver the course.

An instructor candidate’s monitoring must be done within 90 days of completing the instructor course and monitoring must be completed by a current BLS Provincial Faculty member.

Maintaining Instructor Certification

A BLS / CFR Community Instructor is required to recertify every two years in order to stay current as an instructor. BLS Instructors teaching CFR Community courses being certified by the IHF must use either the Heartsaver AED or BLS Provider Course as a basis with a CFR add-on module.

To teach CFR courses through the IHF, instructors are required to keep both AHA BLS Instructor Certification and PHECC CFR Instructor Certification in date. In order to recertify as a CFR Community Instructor through the IHF, an instructor must have taught a minimum of 4 CFR Community courses as add-ons to the Heartsaver or BLS Provider Courses in the two-year period of their certification.

Certification expires at the end of the month two years from the date of the initial training course or last recertification course.

To recertify the instructor must successfully demonstrate all BLS provider skills, complete any relevant updates as required (e.g. guidelines updates) and the instructor should be monitored by a BLS Provincial Faculty member while teaching on a course.

For further information or to register for a BLS & CFR Instructor Course, please contact the course coordinator of your chosen course in the list below.