ACLS

Today I took ACLS - Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support and I also renewed my Basic Life Support certification as well. It was a fun class, but there is SO much stuff to know! I took it with 8 friends from school which made it much more bearable and also made it fun. :) I don't need the certification at the moment, but it doesn't hurt to have it and add it to the resume! So, I am glad it is done and the place was really awesome (thanks Tiff for telling us about it). :)

The course is an all day thing and at the end you have to lead and play various roles in a "megacode" - scary! At first I was the time recorder and thought "phew! I got the easiest job first" HA! It was much harder than I thought!! I had no clue what I was doing as the recorder! Then, we rotated and I was the leader! Boy was my heart pounding when I put the "Team Leader" badge on!! Thanks to Anna and the others around the patient who gave me hints while I stuttered! ;) It definitely is about teamwork and I sure had a great team. Luckily the instructor was really nice/chill and we all passed and got the certification!

It was really interesting to learn about this right after witnessing a MET call the other night. I was really able to imagine what it all would look like in real life (which was nothing like the videos they showed today). Even though my patient's scenario was different than those in class today, there were some things that took place during the MET call that were similar to what we learned today (experience makes learning it easier). Overall, it was an enjoyable (yet stressful) class, but I am thankful I took it and got it out of the way.