What is the confusion about “Certification” as related to ACLS?
● “In ACLS training the term certified is equivalent to successful completion of the educational program, indicating [satisfactory completion according to cognitive and performance testing at the time of testing].” “ACLS training has never been intended to guarantee or warrant future performance or to indicate or suggest a form of licensing.” Page 25-26; AHA ACLS Instructor’s Manual 2001 ● “Occasionally old vocabulary will creep back into ECC and ACLS courses, and the phrase [ACLS Certification] or [certified in ACLS] will be heard”. “All they mean, and all they can mean, is that [this card certifies that someone attended and successfully completed an ACLS provider course on such and such a date]”.
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