The ENA took a great reference manual and 2-day course, and turned both into useless crap! sorry for my wording, but i have taken this course 4 times, and come home from my 5th class today. i feel if the class if teaching you to save lives in a crises, it should teach you in a serious adult manner. the slides were poor. the manual is half the size of the prior editions, with no glossary, and a poor pre-test. the writing is very dry--this comment from many of the fellow students. i feel you should be put through your paces since this class is only every 4 years. the book is not worth $20, no less the $45 they charge. every 4 years, it is a new book!
this is the first edition that i felt was a waste of time and money. i know they want to de-stress the learning experience and make it more calm, but the er is not like that. i guess i am too old school, because lives are on the line.