10 CPR Instructor Courses

1. OSHA First Aid Training and Standards by SC Training (formerly EdApp)

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) is an organization in charge of keeping American workers safe and healthy. It’s important for any CPR instructor course to have a fundamental understanding of their first aid standards. These standards can be intimidating to learn, but SC Training (formerly EdApp)’s OSHA First Aid Training and Standards course makes learning about first aid training simple, effective, and fun. 

The course guides you through essential standards including the cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) standard, first aid standard, and bloodborne pathogen standard. Knowing these standards will help you identify different emergency situations. And by understanding each situation, you’ll be able to learn how to assess the risks involved. 

The final lesson teaches you the practical stuff. It delves into the process of life-saving techniques like CPR and bleeding control. There is also an interactive first aid kit visualization to help you prepare your own. This microlearning course includes dynamic slides, quizzes, and games for effective knowledge retention. 

• Cost: Free
• Scope: OSHA first aid standards, types of emergencies, risk analysis, life-saving techniques, first aid kits 

Created by SC Training (formerly EdApp)

3. Instructor Development Course (IDC)

This CPR Instructor course by the American Safety & Health Institute (ASHI) focuses on how to be a successful first aid trainer. It will teach you how to explain first-aid concepts and life-saving techniques properly. Practical training skills like conducting scenario practices, organizing group training, and performing skill demonstrations are also included in the course. There are even tips on how to deal with difficult learners, aimed at making you an effective teacher.

There’s a written and performance evaluation at the end of this course. Keep in mind that a score of 76% is needed to pass the written exam while the performance evaluation must be coordinated with ASHI.

• Cost: Available upon request
• Scope: facilitating first aid training, conducting skill demonstrations, providing scenario practices, accommodating disruptive or slow learners

Created by American Safety & Health Institute

5. Safety in the Workplace

This course by SC Training (formerly EdApp) is a little different from the others on the list as it’s not specifically just for CPR. It tackles informative safety compliance lessons that are essential for any trainer of health and safety at the workplace. The Safety in the Workplace course is a great resource you can use for your own CPR instructor training.

The course tackles general workplace safety practices as well as the common workplace accidents that can occur. For example, there’s a great lesson on slips, trips, and falls, which are the most common accidents to happen in the workplace. This lesson works well with CPR lessons on risk assessment and analysis.

So, if you think the course fits your own training program goals, then you can easily add your own learning materials using the SC Training (formerly EdApp) course authoring tool. Turn this simple template into an effective and powerful learning experience without any additional cost.

• Cost: Free
• Scope: effective workplace safety practices, PPE, workplace accidents

Created by SC Training (formerly EdApp)

6. CPR, AED and First Aid 

Performing CPR will be the most important tool in your belt. Alison offers a comprehensive CPR instructor course on the basics of first aid. It will take you through a definition of first aid by showing you an outline of the important steps. Although the course will tackle different medical conditions and injuries, you’ll also be taught primarily about choking as it’s the most common incident that can occur. 

The course is short and straight to the point. It only runs from 1-3 hours and can be taken at your own pace. An Alison training certificate as proof of learning is available for a fee if you’re interested.

• Cost: Free, paid certification
• Scope: Definition of first aid, checking responsiveness, CPR and AED, how to treat injuries

Created by Alison

8. CPR, AED & First Aid

Skillshare provides an extensive class on first aid and emergency medical services (EMS). CPR, AED & First Aid is a video-based CPR instructor course designed to empower people to save lives through life support training. It’s taught by a National Healthcare Provider with short topical lessons that dive deep into the necessary skills for emergency situations.

The topics range from the kinds of first aid to the various types of illnesses and injuries that lead to life-or-death situations. At the end of the course, there are focused skills lessons like adult and infant CPR and AED. The lessons take less than 5 minutes so this is great for a busy schedule. Do take note that these are video-based lessons and are different from microlearning.

• Cost: Free trial, paid subscription
• Scope: basics of first aid, activating EMS, all kinds of injuries and illnesses, CPR and AED skills

Created by Skillshare

10. First Aid/CPR/AED Instructor Basic Level

Learn first aid basics directly from the Red Cross, a leading humanitarian organization focused on volunteerism and relief. This course includes essential skills for emergency life-or-death situations and equipment knowledge (like AED use). It aims to widen your knowledge of first aid procedures through online content and skills assessment.

You will need to have pre-existing knowledge of first aid, CPR, and AED as well as a certificate to join the course. As a CPR instructor course, it does lack interactive elements which may prove to be less effective than the other courses we’ve listed.

• Cost: Available upon request
• Scope: basic first aid, CPR and AED procedure

Created by Red Cross