Emergency care instructor

Emergency care instructor
An emergency care instructor teaches the use of a defibrillator
Occupation
Occupation type
profession
Activity sectors
Emergency care
Description
Competenciestraining skills, patience
Education required
certificate of instructor course
(+ other education, required for starting this course)
Fields of
employment
Emergency care courses

An emergency care instructor is a person who provides training in emergency care to civilians or military personnel. In order to qualify, a person must undergo appropriate courses, and have a certification level not lower (usually at least one level higher) than that to be taught.[1] Often, experience with the provision of such care is required. If these requirements are met, the applicant will receive a certificate after completing training and fulfilling possible additional conditions.

Typically, upon certification it is necessary to hold a certain number of classes under the supervision of other instructors, and only after that may a new instructor teach courses on their own. The certificate must be renewed periodically.[2]

Many first aid and medical care courses exist. They differ by:

See also

References

  1. www.naemt.org Archived 2017-08-10 at the Wayback Machine Become a NAEMT instructor.
  2. Emergency First Response Instructor Course


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