In the Spring of 1995, another revision modified the course material and dropped the ACLS certification requirement. Life Support Skills 1 is now interpreted to incorporate a broader range of skills and interventions than solely cardiac emergency treatments. During the week of the course, the students are given experience in managing the airway, and practice bag-mask ventilation on each other. They are also taught to start IVs by practicing on each other. A highly sophisticated Human Patient Simulator , an interactive video learning system, and ACLS training devices allow a wide range of independent and supervised student learning activities.
Care is taken to make the scenarios challenging, but believable and within the students' abilities.
As the week progresses, more difficult problems are presented.