An ABLS Instructor is a certified educator qualified to teach the ABLS Live provider course\, which prepares clinicians to assess and manage burn patients in the first critical 24 hours after injury. Instructors are subject-matter experts in burn care and teaching methodology.
To be eligible for the ABLS Instructor Course you must:
- Be an active member of the American Burn Association (ABA).
- Hold current ABLS certification from the Live course for at least 12 months. The online ABLS Now alone does not qualify.
- Have clinical experience in burn care:
- Minimum 3 years of current burn center experience with a clinical degree (physician\, nurse\, PA\, NP\, OT\, PT). Paramedics must be affiliated with an ABA-verified burn center and regularly participate in center programs. If your clinical degree isn&rsquo\;t listed\, you may need a letter of intent and support from your burn center&rsquo\;s medical director for committee approval.
📜 Certification Process
Step 1: Complete the Instructor Course
After meeting prerequisites and finishing the instructor workshop\, you become an Instructor Candidate.
Step 2: Teaching Observations
Within 1 year of completing the instructor course\, you must be observed teaching in two ABLS Live courses by National Faculty and successfully teach:
- At least two different lectures (e.g.\, Initial Assessment\, Airway/Inhalation Injury\, Shock &\; Fluid Resuscitation\, Pediatric Burns) across the observations.
- Case study and patient assessment sessions (different ones in each observation).
After successful observations\, you are fully certified as an ABLS Instructor.
