Posting #4

Yesterday both my wife and I took an online course with the American Heart Association. Being nurses we have to maintain our BLS (Basic Life Saving) skills current, every two years. The course takes the student through all of the skills by giving information and asking questions and repetative information. There are also pictures showing the right and wrong way to do the skills. There are quizes throughout where the student has to maintain 100% to continue. Get one question wrong and it takes you back to the beginning and tells you why the answer is incorrect. Finally, at the end is a 20 question test that must be passed with a score of 84%. When this is passed and the certificate issued the student must physically show the skills in the presence of an instructor. This is the second time I've qualified by using this method. When I was at the bedside I was required to take ACLS (Advanced Cardiac Life Saving). Basically the same method through the same organization. It does work.