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NAEMT PHTLS Instructor Course

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NAEMT PHTLS - Pre Hospital Trauma Life Support Instructor Classes at Saving American Hearts, INC 6165 Lehman Drive Suite 202 Colorado Springs, Colorado 80918. The cost of this course is $50 and does not include the Instructor Package, Online Precourse classes or equipment. We charge $50 as you need to complete the online Instructor Course on the NAEMT website and it costs $50, so that's what the $50 is for. : ) 

Become an NAEMT PHTLS Instructor

The first step in becoming a PHTLS Instructor, is to obtain a provider card. The requirements for the instructor class is that your provider card must me within 18 months of the instructor class. If your provider card is older than 18 months, you will have to take another PHTLS class to get an updated provider card. This is a requirement of NAEMT and they will not approve Instructor Candidate status if your card is older than 18 months.

NAEMT education programs are conducted through a network of approved EMS training centers. NAEMT works with reputable EMS training centers which possess appropriate training facilities and experienced EMS faculty, maintain affiliation with an emergency medical institution, have a qualified medical director to provide medical oversight and guidance, and are committed to developing and sustaining a quality EMS training program at their center.

All approved NAEMT training centers are required to use approved NAEMT instructors to conduct NAEMT courses. NAEMT has specific requirements to become an approved instructor, as outlined below. To obtain approval, all of these requirements must be met.

Hold a current license or certification as an EMT, Paramedic, MD, Nurse Practitioner, Physician's Assistant or Registered Nurse.

Note:

  1. Instructors may not teach content or skills they are not credentialed to perform. Some NAEMT courses, such as AMLS, require Paramedic level licensure.
  2. For the U.S. military, must be currently certified by NREMT at the EMT, AEMT or Paramedic level or hold a military medic instructor credential issued by one of the U.S. Armed Services.
  3. In other countries, instructors must meet the commensurate certification and licensure requirements.
  4. Physicians, physician assistants, and nurses with commensurate prehospital experience may qualify for instructor status, provided they complete all of the requirements to become an NAEMT instructor.

 Successfully complete the NAEMT provider course for the program for which you wish to serve as an instructor.

Be affiliated with at least one approved NAEMT training center, either as a current member of their faculty, or as an instructor candidate.

Note: A digital copy of a letter from the Training Center verifying your status is required to complete the NAEMT Instructor Application.

Complete and submit the online NAEMT Instructor Application.

Note: Please have required documents available before beginning Instructor Application. See standard requirements, and view course-specific requirements and exceptions listed below.

Successfully complete the NAEMT Instructor Preparation course (offered in English and Spanish online, and in other languages as a classroom course).

Note:  This course is only required to be taken one time.

Note: NAEMT will recognize those individuals as NAEMT Instructor Candidates who have completed steps 1-5 above.

Meet any other instructor requirements determined by your NAEMT training center.

Be monitored by an NAEMT Affiliate Faculty at your NAEMT training center as you teach your initial classroom provider course. Hybrid courses do not qualify for monitoring. Affiliate Faculty must submit Instructor Monitoring form to NAEMT indicating approval.

Note: Instructor Candidates must have successfully completed their provider course within the last 18 months to be eligible for monitoring. Current providers who completed their provider course prior to the last 18 months will need to retake the full course, take the refresher course, or take the 8-hour online continuing education modules as a prerequisite to monitoring.

Upon receipt of Instructor Monitoring Form with approval from Affiliate Faculty, you will be designated by NAEMT as an approved NAEMT instructor for the specific NAEMT education program and an Instructor card will be issued. 

 

Maintain your approved instructor status by:

Teaching at least the minimum number of courses required to maintain instructor status for each course. (For AMLS, EPC, PHTLS, TECC and TCCC, the minimum is 1 of each course per year. For other courses, the minimum is 1 of each course per edition.) Course refreshers, hybrid courses and derivative courses (PHTLS for First Responders or TECC-LEO) may count as the minimum one course;

Successfully completing all Instructor Updates, as required;

Maintaining current contact information with NAEMT Headquarters by emailing new information to education@naemt.org.

Instructor Requirement Exceptions

Listed below are the program-specific exceptions for NAEMT Instructor requirements: 

  • CAAHEP Accredited Programs: New NAEMT Instructors at CAAHEP accredited programs may be monitored by their designated course coordinators. Monitoring by an NAEMT Affiliate Faculty is not required. 
  • United Kingdom registered healthcare professionals with a recognized teaching qualification: please read the exception and access required application here.
       
  • Advanced Medical Life Support (AMLS):  Paramedic level licensure required. Training centers currently offering EMPACT can easily transition to AMLS. Read more here. Individual EMPACT instructors can transition to AMLS by: 
    • Completing the NAEMT Instructor Application (proof of current EMPACT instructor status required);
    • Completing the AMLS 3rd edition Instructor Update (contact NAEMT at education@naemt.org for access to AMLS 3rd edition Instructor Update)  ;
    • For new NAEMT Instructors, completing the NAEMT Instructor Preparation Course one time;
    • An AMLS 3rd edition instructor card will be issued with completion of the above steps with no monitoring required.

  • All Hazard Disaster Response (AHDR): Current AMLS, PHTLS, TECC and TCCC Instructors can teach AHDR by taking the online instructor orientation or the provider course. Upon successful completion, eligible instructors receive an AHDR instructor card, and no monitoring is required.
    Note: AMLS, PHTLS, TECC and TCCC instructors who take the provider course must complete the Instructor Interest Form to receive your AHDR instructor card.

  • Community Paramedicine Course Series:  Paramedic level licensure is required. Current status as an AMLS Instructor, Instructor for a CAAHEP-accredited paramedic program, IBSC-certified Community Paramedic, or Military Medical Specialties (Air Force Independent Duty Medical Technician, Special Operations Forces Medic and Navy Independent Duty Corpsman) is required to teach these courses.
    Note: Verification of instructor eligibility is required when completing the NAEMT Instructor Application. Cards or letters in pdf or jpg format are acceptable.
        
  • Emergency Pediatric Care (EPC): Training centers currently offering PEPP or PALS can easily transition to EPC. Contact education@naemt.org for details. Individual PEPP or PALS instructors can transition to EPC by:
  • EMS Safety: Current NAEMT instructors; ITLS, ACLS, PALS, PEPP, EVOC, Fire Instructor 1; or EMS instructors at an accredited college or university can become an EMS Safety instructor by successfully completing the online 3rd edition Instructor Update. Upon successful completion, eligible instructors receive an EMS Safety instructor card and no monitoring is required.
    Note: NAEMT instructors who take the provider course must complete the Instructor Interest Form to receive your EMS Safety instructor card.

  • Emergency Vehicle Operator Safety (EVOS): Current instructors of the following national driving courses - CEVO II, CEVO 3, CEVO 4, VFIS EVDT, NHTSA EVOC or DoD Driver Training - can become EVOS instructors by completing the online instructor transition course or by taking the 8-hour EVOS course. No monitoring is required for eligible instructors who complete the transition course. Instructors of local driving courses may also be eligible to transition to EVOS.  Contact education@naemt.org for more information.

  • First On The Scene (FOTS): Certified EMS instructors at the EMT, AEMT or Paramedic levels, currently certified fire instructors, or NAEMT-approved instructors may conduct FOTS courses. Eligible instructors who are interested in teaching FOTS who are not affiliated with an NAEMT Training Center must complete the FOTS Lead Instructor Application.  
    Note: All NAEMT training centers are approved to teach FOTS and courses can be registered in the NAEMT Course Administration Portal.
     
  • Geriatric Education for Emergency Medical Services (GEMS): Current AMLS and PHTLS Instructors can teach the Core and Advanced GEMS courses by taking the online instructor orientation or by taking the course. Upon successful completion, eligible instructors receive a GEMS instructor card, and no monitoring is required. 
    Note: AMLS or PHTLS instructors who take the provider course must complete the Instructor Interest Form to receive your GEMS instructor card.
     
  • Prehospital Trauma Life Support (PHTLS): Current ITLS training centers can easily transition to PHTLS. Read more here. Individual ITLS instructors can transition to PHTLS by:
    • Completing the NAEMT Instructor Application (proof of current ITLS instructor status required);
    • Completing the PHTLS 9th edition Instructor Update (contact NAEMT at education@naemt.org for access to PHTLS 9th edition Instructor Update);  
    • For new NAEMT Instructors, completing the NAEMT Instructor Preparation Course one time;
    • A PHTLS 9th edition instructor card will be issued with completion of the above steps with no monitoring required.

  • Psychological Trauma in EMS Patients (PTEP):  Current NAEMT Instructors can teach PTEP by taking the online instructor orientation or the provider course. Upon completion, eligible instructor receives a PTEP instructor card and no monitoring is required.
    Note: NAEMT instructors who take the provider course must complete the Instructor Interest Form to receive your PTEP instructor card.
     
  • Tactical Combat Casualty Care (TCCC): In addition to NAEMT’s general instructor requirements, current TCCC instructors and instructor candidates are required to complete the TCCC train the trainer course for each of the TCCC Tiers they plan to teach (1-All Service Members, 2-Combat Life Saver, 3-Combat Medic and Corpsman) which can be accessed at https://deployedmedicine.com/market/226. At military course sites, military medic instructors credentialed by one of the U.S. Armed Services are eligible to become TCCC instructors.

  • Tactical Emergency Casualty Care for Law Enforcement Officers (TECC-LEO) - All TECC 2nd edition Instructors are eligible to teach TECC-LEO. Any licensed EMT, paramedic or Law Enforcement Officer is eligible to become a TECC-LEO Instructor and teach the course under the guidance of a TECC course coordinator.