CPR in a van

[Joseph callmejoe]

Okay so I need my bls for nursing school. I called the american heart association. They told me to use the find a cpr class search tool. So the only one i could find was 70 miles away. I emailed the "instructor" a couple weeks ago and he said he would message me with the location, this class is supposed to be on monday. He finally called me a couple days before we are supposed to have this class and now he says he can drive to my house and wants to know my address. He said he has all the dvds and a cpr dummy in his van. This seems pretty sketchy. But I really need to get my bls cause the people who my instructors told me to call never called me back for a location on classes in july. There was a june class a july 10th and august 9th class, I called july 9th and 10th for a seat in the august class, and kept calling after those days i even left messages to the two people, but they didn't get back to me until august 7th where they told me the august class was full.. So this is my last resort. I am not sure if i can take online classes or not? The guy in the van said it would be 30 more dollars on top of the 35 if he drives 70 more miles to me. But I would rather take online if that is possible. The people i called at the american heart association didn't seem to know if i could take online or not.

[mrsboots87]

This is not that unusual. Some I sectors provide mobile services for those who would rather get it done in their home, or have a group they would like to do it with in a home or other location, small health facilities will use mobile instructors for onsite CPR, etc. However, since it's just you, for safety it would be a good idea to not be in a home since you feel uncomfortable. That is a steal of a price for mobile instruction.

[YoutubeTheNP]

Hahah, couldn't help but think of this. . . .

[HouTx, BSN, MSN, EdD]

This thread has been very entertaining - thanks to the contributors with a sense of humor.

BTW, it is certainly possible to do 100% online AHA-approved BLS. My organization converted to this process years ago. We also offer ACLS online. Of course, the demonstration part of those courses is done in the computer lab with a fully wired manikin... but it is online. I suppose an enterprising instructor with the right tech and vehicle could definitely make it mobile.