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I was an acls and phtls instructor at 23. it wasn't an issue.
acls used to be a real course in which you had to know all the material, had to do all the procedures, etc but they have watered it down so much and made it user friendly so that "everyone passes". I stopped teaching acls over a decade ago when they told me I couldn't fail incompetent twits anymore.
Ditto - it's nearly senseless for most hospitals to require it of their nursing and medical staffs...
but passing it does not a better critical care nurse make.
ACLS is a very well defined course, pretty much anyone who passes the test is capable of teaching it in my opinion. Granted some people can make it more entertaining than others.
Age is irrelevent
In my neck of the woods, ACLS ain't cheap (about $ 500). I would be pretty pissed if some kid was to show up as an instructor.
I would expect to receive intstruction from teachers with a significant amount of real world experience; this is what I am paying for. Not mere regurgitation of the textbook - I can do that at home.
I came to this class with a lot non protocol based questions - someone who had simply memorized the ACLS protocols would not be able to answer them.
Because the instructors were very experienced , I was able to get my questions (and I had quite a few) answered. Get your money's worth out of these programs.