BLS INSTRUCTOR EXAM 2024/2025 – VERIFIED, GRADED A+
QUESTIONS & CORRECT ANSWERS (PASSED)
What is a prerequisite to becoming an AHA instructor? -
Answer-✰ Be aligned with a training center
Which resource provides AHA instructors with access to the Program Administration
Manual? -
Answer-✰ The AHA Instructor Network
You are a BLS instructor and want to add the AHA logo to a flying advertising a BLS
course that you will be offspring. What instructor resource would you use to find out if this
is allowed? -
Answer-✰ 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 innapropriate or unprofessional? -
Answer-✰ 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? -
Answer-✰ As students arrive for the course
What are the AHA core competencies for instructor candidates? -
Answer-✰ 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? -
Answer-✰ Prepare
What are the 5 steps of the AHA Instruction Cycle? -
Answer-✰ Prepare, teach, test and remediate, close, and keep current
What is the AHA Instructor Network? -
Answer-✰ An online 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 test? -
Answer-✰ To have an objective method for evaluating skills performance
Which is a primary purpose for lesson plans? -
Answer-✰ 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? -
Answer-✰ 3 manikins
You are teaching the HeartCode BLS Course. Students have taken the online portion and
are now coming into the classroom for the hands-on session. After collecting the students'
online completion certificates, what should you do? -
Answer-✰ Follow the directions in the blended-learning lesson plans for student skills
practicing 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 the practice. On a second attempt, the rate is better, but the depth and
recoil are wrong. What should you do? -
Answer-✰ Don't issue the course completion card; inform the student that he didn't pass the
skills test and will need additional practice and remdiation
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, electric 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? -
Answer-✰ 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 a BLS instructor status? -
Answer-✰ 2 BLS Provider Courses; 1 HeartCode BLS Course, and 1 Heartsaver Course
In the BLS Provider Course, during which part do you demonstrate structured debriefing
skills? -
Answer-✰ The high-performance teams activity
What is a characteristic of an effective debriefing session? -
Answer-✰ Student discussion
In an effective debriefing session, what is an ideal student outcome? -
Answer-✰ To analyze and evaluate what happened
If students in your class are struggling with team roles n the high performance teams
activity, what should you say to help the students improve their skills? -
Answer-✰ "There seems to be confusion about the team roles. 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
support. What should you do? -
QUESTIONS & CORRECT ANSWERS (PASSED)
What is a prerequisite to becoming an AHA instructor? -
Answer-✰ Be aligned with a training center
Which resource provides AHA instructors with access to the Program Administration
Manual? -
Answer-✰ The AHA Instructor Network
You are a BLS instructor and want to add the AHA logo to a flying advertising a BLS
course that you will be offspring. What instructor resource would you use to find out if this
is allowed? -
Answer-✰ 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 innapropriate or unprofessional? -
Answer-✰ 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? -
Answer-✰ As students arrive for the course
What are the AHA core competencies for instructor candidates? -
Answer-✰ 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? -
Answer-✰ Prepare
What are the 5 steps of the AHA Instruction Cycle? -
Answer-✰ Prepare, teach, test and remediate, close, and keep current
What is the AHA Instructor Network? -
Answer-✰ An online 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 test? -
Answer-✰ To have an objective method for evaluating skills performance
Which is a primary purpose for lesson plans? -
Answer-✰ 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? -
Answer-✰ 3 manikins
You are teaching the HeartCode BLS Course. Students have taken the online portion and
are now coming into the classroom for the hands-on session. After collecting the students'
online completion certificates, what should you do? -
Answer-✰ Follow the directions in the blended-learning lesson plans for student skills
practicing 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 the practice. On a second attempt, the rate is better, but the depth and
recoil are wrong. What should you do? -
Answer-✰ Don't issue the course completion card; inform the student that he didn't pass the
skills test and will need additional practice and remdiation
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, electric 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? -
Answer-✰ 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 a BLS instructor status? -
Answer-✰ 2 BLS Provider Courses; 1 HeartCode BLS Course, and 1 Heartsaver Course
In the BLS Provider Course, during which part do you demonstrate structured debriefing
skills? -
Answer-✰ The high-performance teams activity
What is a characteristic of an effective debriefing session? -
Answer-✰ Student discussion
In an effective debriefing session, what is an ideal student outcome? -
Answer-✰ To analyze and evaluate what happened
If students in your class are struggling with team roles n the high performance teams
activity, what should you say to help the students improve their skills? -
Answer-✰ "There seems to be confusion about the team roles. 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
support. What should you do? -
