Do you want to become an American Heart Association Instructor?
Welcome to Coastal CPR and First Aid, LLC!
We are a National AHA Training Center located in Hampton, NH.
We are a BLS and Heartsaver Training Center. We provide community, workplace, and school training through our network of Training Sites and Authorized Instructors.
Interested in joining our Training Center? You can start by filling out an Instructor Application Form.
How to become an American Heart Association Instructor:
- Register for an Instructor Course. We offer BLS and Heartsaver Instructor Courses. If you are a BLS Provider you can take either course, if you hold Heartsaver certification you can register for the Heartsaver Instructor course.
- Complete an Instructor Application Form and attach a copy of your current American Heart Association provider card. You will need to email those ahead of time or bring those to your course.
- Purchase the required instructor materials. This includes your instructor manual and course videos.
- Complete the Instructor Essentials Course online prior to the classroom portion of the Instructor Course.
- Complete course monitoring within 6 months of course completion.
- Teach a minimum of 4 courses over 2 years.
Are you a current AHA Instructor looking to secondary align or transfer to our AHA Training Center? More information for existing instructors can be found at our other website, Coastal Training Center – How to become an AHA Instructor
Have questions about our Training Center? Here is some basic info:
We are a Training Center of Instructors and Training Sites providing community and workplace training. Instructors are not required to teach classes for or at the Training Center and are encourage to provide workplace and community training.
Instructors are required to own or have access to instructor manuals and course materials. This includes, but is not limited instructor manuals, videos, manikins, pocket masks, and AED trainers.
Do we have fees? Yes, we do. These fees cover the administrative time to process paperwork, provide course monitoring, and issue instructor and provider eCards. Instructor Candidates will register and pay for their Instructor course. We charge eCard fees: BLS $6 per card, Heartsaver K-12 $6 per card, Heartsaver $20 per card.
What do you provide to instructors? We provide information, mentoring, and support. We send out a monthly newsletter as well as provide both in-person and remote instructor development meetings.
What do you expect from instructors? We would like you to provide BLS, CPR AED, First Aid, and Safety Training in your workplace or community. To maintain your AHA instructor status you must teach a minimum of 4 courses over 2 years. We expect you to follow the guidelines, use training materials properly, and help us train more people to save lives.
Please note that all course charges and fees cover the course supplies which include, but are not limited to books, mannequin lungs, barrier sheets, training valves, gauze, gloves, first aid supplies, cleaning supplies, books and/or handouts and the cost of certification cards; as well as payment to the instructor, rent and utilities. These charges and fees to do not represent income to the American Heart Association, American Red Cross, Health and Safety Institute, Safe Sitter, or other organizations whose programs we may offer. These organizations are compensated through our purchase of their training materials, books & cards.
The official disclaimer from the American Heart Association:
The American Heart Association strongly promotes knowledge and proficiency in all AHA courses and has developed instructional materials for this purpose. Use of these materials in an educational course does not represent course sponsorship by the AHA. Any fees charged for such a course, except for a portion of fees needed for AHA course materials, do not represent income to the AHA.