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The Emergency First Response Instructor Course provides qualified individuals with the additional training necessary to teach the Emergency First Response Primary Care (CPR), Secondary Care (First Aid) and Care for Children courses. This course builds on the instructor candidates' skills as primary and secondary care providers and focuses on developing their instructional abilities. Through independent study, classroom sessions and practice teaching assignments, instructor candidates learn to conduct the Emergency First Response programs.
Prerequisites: To enroll in an Emergency First Response Instructor Course, an individual must:
- Have completed a sanctioned course in adult and child/infant CPR within the past 24 months;
- Have completed a sanctioned course in basic first aid within the past 24 months;
- Be 18 years of age.
Note that there is no requirement for any specific level dive certification in order to become an EFR Instructor. The EFR courses have been designed to be taught to divers and non-divers alike. However, we strongly recommend that where the instructor candidate intends to market EFR courses to divers, then that instructor candidate should be at least a PADI Divemaster.
Beginning in 2009, all instructor candidates who wish to take the PADI Instructor Examination (IE) in order to become certified as Open Water Scuba Instructor must be certified as EFR Instructor before they will be allowed to take the IE. Thus the EFR Instructor course becomes a natural adjunct to the Instructor Development Course, and so future EFR Instructor courses at Aquarius Dive Shop will be scheduled with this in mind.
Required Materials: Instructor candidates are required to have a personal set of the following materials for the instructor course and to teach Emergency First Response courses:
- Emergency First Response Primary and Secondary Care Instructor Guide
- Emergency First Response Care for Children Instructor Guide
- Emergency First Response Course Knowledge Reviews
- Emergency First Response Participant Manual
- Emergency First Response Care for Children Participant Manual
- Emergency First Response Video
- Emergency First Response Care for Children Video
- Emergency Care at a Glance
In addition, the instructor candidate must have the following materials for skill development practice:
- Gloves
- Ventilation barrier
- Gauze pads and dressings for bandaging.
PADI has all of these materials packaged into one set, the Emergency First Response Instructor Start-Up Pack (#60219), available through Aquarius Dive Shop.
Sequence and Duration: The Emergency First Response Instructor Course is typically a two-day program, though it is performance-based and not time-based. Thus a small class will require somewhat less time than a larger class.
Cost: Tuition for the Emergency First Response Instructor course is $350, payable before course start. This does not include the cost of materials (listed above) nor the application fee to PADI.
Schedule: We will schedule an EFR Instructor course at the convenience of the attendees sometime closely preceding each of the Monterey Instructor Examinations. Additional courses/start dates are available upon request.