Emergency First Response Instructor:
Teach skills based on internationally recognised emergency care guidelines and learn how to present course content while encouraging student self-discovery.
During the Emergency First Response Instructor course, you will build on your skill as an Emergency Responder and focus on developing your instructional abilities to teach these skills to others.
The Instructor course provides you with the additional training necessary to teach the Emergency First Response Primary Care (CPR), Secondary Care (First Aid) and Care for Children courses. Through a multi-media approach of independent study, class room sessions and practical teaching assignments, you learn to conduct Emergency First Response courses.
The instructor course covers specific goals and performance requirements for the Primary Care, Secondary Care and Care for Children courses, along with instruction on how to structure learning, the requirements of performance-based training, and your role as the instructor in the learning environment.
You also learn how to motivate students, evaluate student knowledge, present course content effectively, become proficient in developing students’ hands-on skills practice sessions, and are taught how to present an effective scenario-based learning experience.
Why Choose Dive Carriacou?
What you will learn:
Your role as an EFR Instructor is to be a coach that creates a positive learning environment. Along with learning how to structure and organise EFR courses, you practice:
Presenting course content.Encouraging self-discovery in students.Evaluating student understanding and skill mastery during hands-on skills practice.Managing effective scenario-based learning experiences.
Requirements:
To enter the Emergency First Response Instructor course, you must be 18 years old and have completed adult, child and infant CPR and first aid training in the past 24 months or a be a practising medical professional such as a physician, Emergency Medical Technician, Paramedic and Registered Nurse.
This course can be completed as part of the full IDC or on its own if you are simply looking to instruct emergency first response courses yourself.
Before you come:
Once you have booked, we will provide you with your PADI eLearning materials which makes it easy to fit scuba lessons into a busy schedule. Learn about scuba diving principles and terminology whenever, wherever it’s convenient for you.
It’s your course on your time. Study offline, or online using a computer or mobile device. Connect with your instructor whenever you have a question.
You can do all theory before you arrive in the comfort of your own home, freeing up your holiday time.
