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National Institute for Healthcare Education
Become an AHA Instructor
BLS, ACLS, PALS, CPR, & 1st Aid

�� Turn Your Skills into a Business That Saves Lives

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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Start your own training business, set your schedule, and earn income doing something that truly matters. You can begin part-time and grow at your own pace—with unlimited potential.


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�� Want Training, Support, and a Partner That Helps You Succeed?

Join the National Institute for Healthcare Education (NIHE)—a trusted AHA Training Center that gives you more than alignment. We offer:

  • Exceptional Instructor Training

  • Business mentoring and growth coaching

  • Same-day eCard issuing and real business people to support you every step of the way

  • Competetively 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.


 

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AHA Instructor Training Must NOW Be Done In-Person In the Classroom.  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 old, 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.  This online training takes about 4-6 hours and is mandatory prior to attending the in-person instructor training.  AHA no longer allows this portion of the AHA Instructor 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 around the country currently have instructor courses scheduled but call us at 800-773-8895 and we will create a class for you as needed or find you one of our NIHE Training Center Faculty near to your location who is offering Instructor classes on a regular basis.  Don't miss out.  Get scheduled today. 

To become an AHA BLS Instructor requires several steps:

    Course prerequisite:  Have a current AHA BLS Provider card.

     1.  Complete the BLS Instructor Essentials.  This AHA online course must be completed before attending the classroom BLS Instructor course.
     2.  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.
     3.  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.

     4.  Monitored student teaching at the BLS Instructor Course.  This can now be done live in a classroom or virtually.

     5.  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.  The student must provide their own online Instructor Essentials and BLS Instructor manual in these courses.  We offer the full BLS Instructor package courses in Southern California; in Vacaville for our Northern California instructors; Pearl City, HI; Orlando, Florida; Dallas, TX, Waco, TX; 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 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. 
Register Now BLS Instructor N. California--Currently all of our N. California Instructor Course are in Concord, CA  Please call 707-365-7730 to register
 
To become an AHA ACLS Instructor requires several steps:

     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). 

     1.  Complete the ACLS Instructor Essentials.  This AHA online course must be completed before attending the classroom ACLS Instructor course.  

     2.  Complete the 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.     

     3.  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.     
4.  Monitored student teaching at the ACLS Instructor Course.  This can now be done live in a classroom or virtually.

5.  Affiliate with an AHA Training Center.  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, Orlando, Florida, and in Vacaville for our Northern California instructors.  If you have any questions 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. 
Register Now N. California ACLS Instructor  Currently all of our N. California Instructor Course are in Concord, CA  Please call 707-365-7730 to register
 
 
To become an AHA PALS Instructor requires several steps. 
     Course prerequisite: Have a current AHA BLS Instructor card, a current AHA PALS Provider card,  and be affiliated in good standing with an AHA Training Center (we can help with this)
     1.  Complete the PALS Instructor Essentials.  This AHA online course must be completed before attending the classroom PALS Instructor course.     
     2.  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.     
     3.  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.     
     4.  Monitored student teaching.  This can now be done live in a classroom or virtually.
 
     5.  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 , ACLS   , 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.  
Register Now N. California PALS instructor  Currently all of our N. California Instructor Course are in Concord, CA  Please call 707-365-7730 to register




800-773-8895

*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.