Emergency care instructor
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| name = Emergency care instructor
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| image = Desfribilador emergencia.jpg
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| caption = An emergency care instructor teaches the use of a defibrillator
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| type = profession
| activity_sector = Emergency care
| competencies = training skills, patience
| formation = certificate of instructor course
(+ other education, required for starting this course)
| employment_field = Emergency care courses
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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.[http://www.naemt.org/education/become-an-naemt-instructor www.naemt.org] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170810131734/http://www.naemt.org/education/become-an-naemt-instructor |date=2017-08-10 }} Become a NAEMT instructor. 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.[http://www.emergencyfirstresponse.com/instructor-opportunity/instructor-course/ Emergency First Response Instructor Course]
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.)