Cascade Training Center

I have been to this training center for CPR twice now and have been very happy with both courses. Their schedule has a lot of different times courses are offered which is great for me as a clinician. Staff was very friendly and knowledgeable. Parking was also very easy which is not always the case in Seattle. I will be back future courses.

Did my ACLS renewal here yesterday. I feel conflicted about this place, I appreciated getting my ACLS renewed and not having to spend 8 hours watching lame AHA DVDs, but I felt like I could have learned a bit more. For renewal you get combined with the people who are taking ACLS for the first time (they come the day before the «renewal» portion. So you have this combination of people who are freaked out vs those who pretty much know what they’re doing and want a refresher. What I didn’t love about this place was all the editorializing that was done on the part of the instructors. I’m pretty sure at least 4 or 5 times I heard «well the ACLS algorithm says to do this, but really in practice you’d do this» which is all fine and dandy to add in your personal opinion about medicine, but I’m here to review the basics. I’m here to review the standard of care so that when I do deviate from the guidelines I know what I’m doing and why. I’m also a little annoyed that you get to use your ACLS handbook and cards to take the test — this is my 2^nd renewal and I’ve always had to take the test from memory. The nice lady sitting next to me shared her materials with me, and I only double checked one answer and still got 100% — so really, is it too much to ask that people be expected to have some stuff memorized?
All in all I would recommend this place if you were getting an ACLS renewal but I imagine you wouldn’t get a ton out of it if you were getting certified for the first time.