Nurses, paramedics, and healthcare professionals, you're already trained to respond in emergencies. Now imagine getting paid to teach others how to save lives.
Whether you’re looking for a flexible side-gig or ready to launch a full-time business, becoming an AHA Instructor opens the door to purpose, profit, and impact in your own community.
Teach CPR, First Aid, and Advanced Resuscitation Courses
As an AHA Instructor, you can lead AHA BLS, ACLS, PALS, and Heartsaver classes that hospitals, clinics, and employers depend on. Demand is high, and growing.
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Competitively priced ecards you can purchase prior to class so you can deliver same day class completed to your student
Store your rosters at your location
Experienced instructors can become Training Center Faculty for no extra fees.
No Instructor affiliation fees
AHA Instructor Training Must NOW Be Done In-Person — NO MORE VIRTUAL TRAINING
If you are seeing an Instructor class offered virtually or online please report it to complianceadmin@heart.org
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AHA Instructor Training Must NOW Be Done In-Person — NO MORE VIRTUAL TRAINING
Instructor classes per AHA regulations allowed anywhere in the U.S. If you are seeing an Instructor class offered virtually or online please report it to complianceadmin@heart.org.
AHA prides itself on being the gold standard of resuscitation training and they do not allow online instructor courses.
There is now only one legal way to complete the classroom portion of the AHA Instructor course.
This is the traditional method where you attend and complete the classroom portion, and the instructor monitoring in a real classroom after completing the mandatory pre-course online training.
The online training takes about 4–6 hours and is required prior to attending the in-person instructor training.
AHA no longer allows this portion of the training to be done virtually under any circumstances.
To schedule a CLASSROOM INSTRUCTOR COURSE, please scroll down and click on the appropriate link.
Not all locations currently have scheduled courses, but call 800-773-8895 and we will create a class for you or connect you with a nearby NIHE Training Center Faculty.
Don’t miss out. Get scheduled today.
Become an AHA BLS Instructor
Course prerequisite: Have a current AHA BLS Provider card.
Complete the BLS Instructor Essentials. This AHA online course must be completed before attending the classroom BLS Instructor course.
Complete the NIHE BLS Instructor Orientation. This is a mandatory online course that must be completed before the Instructor candidate may attend the classroom portion of the BLS Instructor course.
Complete the classroom BLS Instructor Course. This course covers the curriculum, administration, and management of an AHA BLS course. This can now be done live in a classroom or virtually.
Monitored student teaching at the BLS Instructor course. This can now be done live in a classroom or virtually.
Affiliate with an AHA Training Center. All instructor candidates who successfully complete the entire NIHE Instructor program will be affiliated with NIHE.
All of these steps are included in our BLS Instructor package (except the prerequisite BLS Provider), which also includes the required BLS Instructor Manual. We occasionally also, offer a LOW COST BLS Instructor that includes the NIHE BLS Instructor Orientation, the classroom portion, the instructor monitoring but doesn't include the online Instructor Essentials and the BLS Instructor manual in these courses. We offer the full BLS Instructor package courses in Southern California; in Vacaville for our Norther California instructors; Pearl City, HI; Orlando, Florida; Dallas, TX, Waco; Las Vegas, NV; and in Cottage Grove, Oregon at our company headquarters. If you don't find a course scheduled in the location of your choice or if you want a class scheduled for your city please contact our Program Director at nihe@earthlink.net. If you have any questions about becoming ah AHA Training Site or Course Director please email our Program Director at nihe@earthlink.net or click on the appropriate link below to register online.
Course prerequisite: Have a current AHA BLS Instructor card, a current AHA ACLS Provider card, and be affiliated in good standing with an AHA Training Center (we can help with this).
Complete the ACLS Instructor Essentials. This AHA online course must be completed before attending the classroom ACLS Instructor course.
Complete NIHE ACLS Instructor Orientation. This is a mandatory online course that must be completed before the Instructor candidate may attend the classroom portion of the ACLS Instructor course.
Complete the Classroom ACLS Instructor Course. This course covers the curriculum, administration, and management of an AHA ACLS course. This can now be done live in a classroom or virtually.
Monitored student teaching at the ACLS Instructor Course. This can now be done live in a classroom or virtually.
Affiliate with an AHA Training Center. All Instructor Candidates. All Instructor Candidates who successfully complete the entire ACLS NIHE Instructor program will be affiliated with NIHE.
All of these steps are included in our ACLS Instructor Package (except the prerequisites) which also, includes the ACLS Instructor Manual. We offer this course in Southern California, Florida, and in Vacaville for our Norther California Director please email our Program Director at nihe@earthlink.net or click on the appropriate link below to register online.
Course prerequisite: Have a current AHA BLS Instructor card, and a current AHA PALS Provider card, and be affiliated in good standing with an AHA Training Center (we can help with this).
Complete the PALS Instructor Essentials. This AHA online course must be completed before attending the classroom PALS Instructor course.
Complete the NIHE PALS Instructor Orientation. This is a mandatory online course that must be completed before the Instructor candidate may attend the classroom portion of the PALS Instructor course.
Complete the classroom PALS Instructor Course. This course covers the curriculum, administration, and management of an AHA PALS course. This can now be done live in a classroom or virtually.
Monitored student teaching. This can now be done live in a classroom or virtually.
Affiliate with an AHA Training Center. All Instructor Candidates who successfully complete the entire NIHE PALS Instructor program will be affiliated with NIHE.
All of these steps are included in our PALS Instructor package (except the prerequisites), which also includes the PALS Instructor Manual. We offer this course in Southern California at our Colton/Loma Linda location, Orlando, Florida, and in Vacaville for our Northern California instructors. If you have any questions regarding becoming an AHA Training Site or Course Director please email our Program Director at nihe@earthlink.net or click on the appropriate link below to register online or click on the appropriate link below to register online.
*The American Heart Association strongly promotes knowledge & proficiency in BLS, ACLS, & PALS & has developed instructional materials for this purpose. Use of these materials in an educational course does not represent course sponsorship by the American Heart Association. Any fees charged for such a course, except for a portion of fees needed for AHA course material, do not represent income to the Association.
