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PALS Instructor Essentials Course
Date/Time: Tue 5/13/2025 at 10:00 AM
Location: Superior Life Support, Inc 2023
Class Price: $535.00

How the PALS Instructor Essentials Course works

The PALS Instructor Essentials Course is taught in a blended-learning format.  To become an AHA PALS Instructor, candidates must complete the online portion, followed by the hands-on session, which is classroom based.  The online portion of the course contains both core content and discipline-specific modules to prepare the instructor candidates for the hands-on session. In the classroom, our Faculty will continue preparing instructor candidates to become AHA instructors by focusing on the in-depth material about the PALS discipline that candidates will be teaching.  The hands-on session includes instruction, practice, and an exam, allowing instructor candidates to successfully use their instructor materials and skills. As a PALS Instructor, candidates will also be able to teach the following courses:

  • PALS Initial
  • PALS Renewal
  • PALS Heartcode Online and Skills

Who Can Take This Course

The PALS Instructor Essentials Course is for instructor candidates who have already successfully completed the PALS Provider Course.

You must be a licensed professional to teach this course! Candidates interested in taking this course must be a licensed or certified healthcare professional with PALS skills in their scope of practice (examples include: paramedic, MD, RN, NP, PA)

Teaching life-saving skills is not only rewarding, but becoming a PALS Instructor is also great for:

  • Building your resume while supplementing your income
  • Creating a business in conjunction with your healthcare career
  • Becoming a champion of life-saving knowledge and skills

This course is also a great option for current AHA PALS Instructors who want to enhance or update their teaching skills.

Prerequisites for Instructor Candidates

  • Be at least 18 years of age
  • Have a current American Heart Association PALS Provider course completion card (no other PALS certifications will be accepted)
  • Be proficient in the skills of PALS
  • Complete the AHA PALS Instructor Essentials Course Online
  • Be aligned with an American Heart Association Training Center (Please note:  Superior Life Support does charge an alignment fee that is not included in the cost of this course.)
    • Superior Life Support Instructor Membership*:  $45/mo. *Membership includes American Heart Association (AHA) alignment with Superior Life Support.  All American Heart Association Instructors are required to align with an authorized Training Center like Superior Life Support.

Steps to Become an Instructor

  1. Be accepted by a AHA Training Center (Superior Life Support) by enrolling in an Instructor Course and completing an Instructor Candidate Application with that Training Center.
  2. Have current AHA Provider status in the discipline for that Instructor Essentials course and be proficient in all the skills of that discipline.
  3. Successfully complete the Instructor Essentials Course, including both the online and hands-on session
  4. Successfully be monitored teaching within 6 months of completing the hands-on session of the Instructor Essentials course.
  5. Completing the Course Director Program as outlined by Superior Life Support in the Instructor Essentials Instructor Led Course. Instructors must be signed off as Course Directors by the Training Center Coordinator. (PAM pg. 39, 48-49)

 

Your AHA Instructor Essentials Course is included in the price of this class. Completion of the AHA Instructor Essentials Course is a required step to become an AHA Instructor and must be completed prior to your in class session. Upon registration completion your AHA Instructor Essentials Course access information will be emailed to you. You are required to have the current provider textbook for this course as well as the instructor manual. If you already these manuals or opted not to purchase them during this registration, please be sure to have them both with you at check in for this course. If your provider and instructor manuals with the 2020 guidelines is not presented at check-in you will be asked to purchase the required student manual upon check-in.

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Contact Us

Superior Life Support, Inc.
 25261 Avenue Tibbitts
Valencia, CA 91355

phone 661-607-0344

Refund/Cancellation Policy:

Students have the right to cancel their reservation and obtain a full refund as long as arrangements are made 24 hours prior to the class.* A $10.00 cancellation fee will apply for those cancellations made within 24 hours of the class.

*Please Note: Refunds cannot be issued to those students who have purchased the online AHA Web Key and have already begun the course.*

**For Students that are completing the ACLS or PALS Online and Skills test, there will be a $25 rescheduling fee if less than 24 hours notice.**