Hi, my name is Rodney mill spa and I'm with a company called CMR CPR. I'm also a nationally registered EMT and Florida State certified paramedic. I'm also an American Heart Association instructor for BLS, ACLs, and pals. Today we're going to talk about how to pass your first ACLs class. There are a lot of horror stories out there, that people have heard about how intimidating the instructors can be, and how many people are during the class. It just doesn't have to be that way.

So what we'll do is we're going to focus on each section of the course that you can expect and give you some little tips on how to on how to be successful in passing your course. So some things that you will To start off with R, you want to make sure that the class that you're taking is through the American Heart Association. There are a lot of companies out there that will offer this class. And they will say that they use the guidelines of the American Heart Association. But after you've paid all this money and you receive your card, it doesn't have the AJ logo on it. So it's really important to ask.

The next thing you should ask is how many students are actually going to be in the class. Now, believe it or not size does matter. In four ACLs, we really want to go with less students versus more students. And I'll tell you about that in just a second. But ideally, it should be less than eight students or so that's going to give you the best instructor to student ratio. And the class can actually be done in one day versus two days.

Like I said, we'll mention that here in just a second. So you want to go for a smaller class, the larger the class, the more at ease, the more easy it is to get lost. And it's also a little intimidating for you. If you want to ask a question. Nobody ever wants to ask that stupid question. So we want to make sure it's an H a class, we also want to make sure that we have a small amount of students about eight or so is ideal.

And also remember, it is okay to ask stupid questions. No question is stupid, you will not get the answer. If you don't ask. And if you don't know it, it's fine. Nobody woke up in the morning and was a was a certified ACLs, you know, the provider. So there are no stupid questions.

The other thing that you really need to consider, as far as planning ahead goes, is purchase an H A ACLs provider book. Now, don't just purchase it, purchase it and study it. You don't have to read it page by page and memorize the whole book. But you do need to be familiar with a bunch of different things in that book, and it will be helpful because whenever you take that book to the class that you attend, you can also use that book to take the test with because the American Heart Association has instituted an open resource testing policy so that book is going to come in handy We did mention one day versus two day courses, a lot of people will will offer a two day course that's typically for larger groups of people. With a class size of eight or less, your instructor should be able to complete all the necessary training in one single day versus having to come back the second day.

So it's all about how many people are attending the class. And lastly, bring something to eat, bring something to drink. It's really hard to study and it's really hard to, to comprehend things when your brain wants food or it's thirsty. So don't be ashamed. pack a lunch, bring some snacks, Bring some water and sit back and enjoy the class.