Emergency care instructor
 An emergency care instructor teaches the use of a defibrillator | |
| Occupation | |
|---|---|
Occupation type | profession |
Activity sectors | Emergency care |
| Description | |
| Competencies | training 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:
- the level of care (cardiopulmonary resuscitation, first aid for bleeding, help for children, etc.);
- the minimum educational / professional level of students (persons without any prior medical training, persons with the qualification of first responder, EMT's of different levels, nurses, doctors);
- the specific circumstances in which care is provided (wilderness emergency medical training, tactical medical training, etc.)
See also
References
- ↑ www.naemt.org Archived 2017-08-10 at the Wayback Machine Become a NAEMT instructor.
- ↑ Emergency First Response Instructor Course