Things Learned from ACLS class

1) You feel pretty stupid continually while shaking a dummy torso, asking him "Annie Annie are you OK?" and asking your imaginary friend to get the AED and call 911.
2) CPR will give you carpal tunnel if you do it long enough.
3) Doing the Heimlich on someone who does not need it is a poor way to make friends.
4) When given Adenosine, sometimes people go into asystole before they convert into sinus rhythm. (cooooooooool!)
5) You still feel pretty guilty smacking a dummy baby, for about 5 minutes.
6) Apparently we do not give mouth - to - mouth the way Zack did it to Kelly on Saved by the Bell. The face mask gets in the way of the tongue.
7) Surprisingly, those people in the training videos are pretty decent actors. That mother really looked panicked that her plastic baby didn't have a pulse.

Saving lives, people!