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BLS INSTRUCTOR ESSENTIALS EXAMWhat is a prerequisite to becoming an AHA Instructor? - Answers -Be aligned with a
Training Center
As an instructor, you would use the Program Administration Manual for which of the
following? - Answers -Policy, ethics, and Training Center organization
Which provides AHA Instructors with access to the Program Administration Manual? -
Answers -The AHA Instructor Network
You are a BLS Instructor and want to add the AHA logo to a flyer advertising a BLS
course that you will be offering. What instructor resource would you use to find out if this
is allowed? - Answers -The Program Administration Manual
You're going to be teaching in an unfamiliar facility. As part of your preparation, you
arrive an hour early to set up the room because the room was unavailable the day
before. Which action would be considered inappropriate or unprofessional? - Answers -
Waiting for students to arrive so that they can assist in setting up the classroom
As an AHA Instructor, when do you complete a course roster? - Answers -As students
arrive to the course
What are the AHA core competencies for instructor candidates? - Answers -Skills,
course delivery, testing, professionalism, and program administration
You are going to teach a BLS Provider Course and need to check that all equipment is
in good condition and is working. In what step of the AHA Instruction Cycle would you
complete this action? - Answers -Prepare
What are the 5 steps of the AHA Instruction Cycle? - Answers -Prepare, teach, test and
remediate, close, and keep current
What is the AHA Instructor Network? - Answers -A resource for all instructors that
includes information about AHA Emergency Cardiovascular Care programs and science
Why is it important to use the skills testing checklist during skills testing? - Answers -To
have an objective method for evaluating skills performance
Which describes a primary purpose of Lesson Plans? - Answers -To ensure that the
course is taught the way it was designed
You are teaching a BLS Provider Course with one other instructor and have 8 students
in your class. What is the minimum number of manikins that you must have to teach the
course? - Answers -3 manikins
, You are teaching the HeartCode BLS Course in the blended-learning format. Students
have taken the online course and are now coming into the classroom for the hands-on
session. After collecting the students' online certificates, what should you do? - Answers
-Follow the directions on the blended-learning Lesson Plans for student skills practice
and testing
A student fails to get the correct depth and rate of compressions on the infant skills test.
You show him the skills testing checklist and which steps he didn't pass, and then you
coach him through practice. On a second attempt, the rate is better, but the depth and
recoil are wrong. What should you do? - Answers -
You are teaching a Heartsaver course at a manufacturing warehouse that uses highly
corrosive chemicals. Before class, the manager shows you the in-house policies about
managing electricity, electrical burns, and chemical burns and asks you to use the in-
house materials to teach during the burns section of the course. How can you
incorporate the materials into the course? - Answers -Present the in-house information
at the end of the course, specifying that the material is not from
the AHA
What is an example of the minimum number of courses you can teach within a 2-year
period to maintain an AHA Instructor status? - Answers -Teach 2 BLS Provider
Courses, 1 HeartCode BLS Course, and 1 Heartsaver Course
During the BLS Provider Course, when do you demonstrate structured debriefing skills?
- Answers -During the High-Performance Teams Activity lesson
What is a characteristic of an effective debriefing session? - Answers -Learner
discussion
In an effective debriefing session, what is an ideal student outcome? - Answers -To
analyze and evaluate what happened
If students in your class are struggling with team roles in the high-performance teams
activity, what should you say to help the students improve their skills? - Answers -
"There seems to be confusion about the first few steps. Would you like to review the
team
dynamics diagram in your provider manual and try again?"
You see a student giving shallow compressions to an infant manikin during BLS skills
practice. What should you do? - Answers -Explain the correct depth of compressions
and provide positive and corrective feedback
When you evaluate a student performing infant CPR, what rate of compressions should
you look for? - Answers -100 to 120/min
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