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
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

• List of emergency medicine courses

References

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