Wow... this was a tough 4. 5 stars for the First Aid/CPR/AED class and the instructor, Matt Brady…read more 3 stars for their administration and process. And because the 3 burned so much of my time, I had to pull my overall down from a 5 to a 4. Course - I've been certified FA/CPR certified for 18 years with AED added on in the last 5. This renewal, I decided to try a different educator. There were some updates and changes to best practices, which were highlighted throughout. Classes had a good blend of video learning, hands-on practice and validation, and live lecture with Q&A. Solidly 21st century. The instructor was engaging, had lots of personal experience, and had a great energy. It's the best I've had so far. There were a couple of small points missing that gave me pause, and I brought them up during the first aid part. Small but important things such giving lots of ice-cold water or sports drinks to someone in heat exhaustion or heat stroke can be very detrimental if they are very dehydrated (from vomiting to even sending them into cardiac arrest). Oh, and the Hillsboro campus has a single-serve, custom-grind Aramark coffee maker... super sweet! 5 stars. Challenges/lesson that may be helpful: Admin - CTC is a DBA, so there will be a discrepancy between your bill, the training provider, and the certifying authority. By the time I called, the booker said the Portland class I was hoping for wasn't available anymore. Instead she suggested a similar class at the Hillsboro location. I didn't know where that was but she said it would be on the receipt. It wasn't. The desktop site is much more functional than the mobile app, so don't rely on it. Google maps couldn't initially find it the Hillsboro training location. Instead it pointed to a nearby Hillsboro fire station. I pinned the company and address, so maybe that will improve the score so it shows up for others. Here's by biggest admin thing - So by default you apparently get an eCard. That's fine. What is not mentioned is that there is a whole long legal-ease agreement with privacy policy by the AHA that is over 3,600 words. Really? I've never had to do anything so ridiculous to get proof of my training completion. It took another hour on the phone between calling both the AHA and CTC to arrange to have a card mailed to me. Too much time. Next time I'll know better.

Finally, a permanent, year-round alternate to PCC CLIMB!…read more Bubba, take us crappy fishing--- PRONTO! Nice facility, nice class sizes, nice instructors, fast pace, little down/superfluous time wasted. They even offer some classes in evenings and on weekends! Woot!

This is an awesome organization. I was so impressed taking BLS and first aid training here after…read morealso attending one at Red Cross (which I can't recommend). This provider is a short walk from Trimet in the Gateway area. They provided snacks, coffee, tea and water as well as cushioned chairs. My trainer today was Tim and he did a great job keeping things engaging and fun while providing feedback. Tim is an excellent trainer as he really understands the material and which pieces are the most important to understand and remember in a crisis situation. He met us where we were at, always polite and respectful and taking time to get to know us a bit. I highly recommend taking training here and I hope to return in the future!

They are under free CPR on yelp yet charge $ 85. This is false advertising and needs to be changed…read moreimmediately!

The person who helped me did not adequately clean my finger before pricking it, barely wiping it…read morewith alcohol and I am dealing with an infection. The gal who helped me had her hair in her mouth and told me that the bigger needles hurt less. I worked in the medical field and when she said that to me, I just thought, "Did you really just say that? You're joking. This is a joke." It was so painful I cried out. If the techs at Kaiser can take your blood and you almost don't feel it, why can't the Red Cross Folks, who do this all day, day in and day out, be trained as well? It should not have hurt like that. There was no option to opt out of "donating" your blood to scientific testing. NO OPTION. Either "help save lives and you must donate to scientific testing, including third parties who we sell your blood to (this was in the paperwork that you have to read before you do it), or do not help save lives." When I told the gal that when my step dad died, he required a lot of blood and that's why I was doing this, she said, "I'm sorry... Did he make it?" And, finally, the "snacks" were mini oreos and unhealthy foods. Not even an orange to replace electrolytes and fluids. I mean, we give you our blood and you give us... the inability to opt out of having third parties scientifically test our blood and some mini oreo cookies, cheese its, greasy/stale peanuts, and small Mrs. Fields cookies. If I needed to replenish my blood and health, why would I eat an Oreo? To poison myself? At the end, the gal said "You saved three lives today." And I looked at her, the gal who I'd just told that my step dad died, and thought... Well, I personally witnessed someone require a lot of blood and die in front of me. So... no. You have no idea. I will never donate through you again.

Save a life and donate blood! I try to donate every two months. Thankfully they have drives…read morethroughout town just about every day or you can go to their donation center. The volunteers are super nice and try to make everything as fast and painless as possible. Get a rapid pass the day of and it will speed you up even more. Also, be hydrated - your blood flows far better. There are a crazy number of people who rely on your donations just to live their day to day lives due to blood disorders.

I have been a patient for over 10 years and have had several student dentists. every one of them…read morehas been fantastic and the faculty supervision has been excellent. my wife is having implants at the faculty practice and we are both thrilled. reasonable pricing and a state of the art facility.

The students are hit or miss, I've had good ones for about 5 years, but the BILLING is dangerously…read moreinept. No bills, then sporadic bills, no follow through, then a suprise letter from COLLECTIONS, after never getting a bill. The billing department, and pt relations, are no help, they acknowledge they have had problems sending out bills, and sent it to collections anyway. I also got billed for a visit (2 1/2 hours trip to OHSU) where the student could not do a cleaning because I had been on chemo, previously cleared before I travelled there, but when I arrived in Portland, the student did not have "permission" to clean my teeth, no apology or anything for my wasted gas and time. THEN I GOT A BILL !!!!!!!!! Never got an answer to clear this, or an apology. Waited for them to fix this, then got another cleaning, which I never got a bill for, next thing I hear from a collector. The billing department was snotty and tried to blame me. So, go to a real dentist. Save gas and aggravation and have some continuity with a competent billing department, Funny but I have never had issues with the OHSU Hospital and Clinics. (Coordinating the dental clinic care with the OHSU Cancer Center was a nightmare, impossible to get anyone in the Dental School to take responsibility. ) The Cancer Center is awesome, by the way.

Working with Kathy McLean was the best decision we could have made for the birth of our first…read morechild. She's an invaluable resource and provided wisdom, comfort, care, understanding, positivity, and enthusiasm as she guided us through pregnancy, labor, and delivery, and helping us answer postpartum questions. She was key in making a difficult labor and delivery (sunny-side up baby) actually joyful and peaceful. She was an MVP team player -- so much so, that our OB will keep Kathy's info at her office to continue referring to folks! A doula that can be bffs with a doctor is high praise :) We will always highly recommend Kathy to anyone we know! Thank you Kathy!

My wife and I had such a great experience with Rebecca! This review is long overdue as our baby is…read morenow a toddler. It was our first pregnancy so we didn't know what to expect. Rebeca helped my wife be at ease during the process and was a great resource of information. The moms groups that were run by The Birth Doulas was a nice setting for my wife, as she was able to make new friends and connect with others in a similar lifestage. If we were to enlist the support of a doula again, Rebecca would be our first call.

Yea buddy! My school! I'll update this review in 5 years to let you know how I feel about it then…read more:) (but in case you didn't get the hint, I love it so far!)

Oregon's med school, Wish to attend and also…read moreRide your awesome tram

This place is a MAZE. I have a fantastic sense of direction, but no idea how people find their way…read morethrough here to all their classes. The staff are super helpful and friendly to the hallway-wandering lost souls like myself and are more than happy to guide us to the light-- of the exit doors. Thank you to that one teacher, at that one classroom, somewhere in the OHSU Labyrinth, for showing me the way! The grounds are well maintained and the halls are always clean. No Minotaur, but nice place. Sam Approved

I had hand surgery with Dr. Adam Mirarchi in March 2011. The surgery and care I received at the…read moreclinic was great- very professional and thorough. I highly recommend OHSU and Dr. Mirarchi.

The dental school accepts patients and charges 30% less than standard care. But I was unhappy with…read morethe amount of time needed for the basic evaluation - about 8 hours total - over three visits. At the end of all that the school rejected me as a patient because I had a "complicated" case. So in the end, I got a cleaning for $167 - not so good a deal.

You get what you pay for. Bodhi Tree's adult languages classes are affordable and scheduled…read moreconveniently for working people. They are not university classes and don't pretend to be. They're not even high school classes. They're "community" classes which attract learners with a very wide variety of abilities, backgrounds, and motivations. The public assumption that being a native speaker of a language somehow qualifies a person to teach that language seems to rule here. Before a scheduled sojourn in a foreign land, I was delighted to find an available class in the language of that land, and cheerfully signed up. I did the homework and attended every session. My teacher was not a credentialed language instructor but this person was generally punctual, knowledgeable and sincere. The textbook was good. My overall disappointing results were not due to any lack of good will on the part of students or teacher. The issue was that because the instructors are not trained in how to handle mixed-level classes, my teacher wasted a great deal of time (my time) in trying to cater to those unprepared (didn't do the homework) or those who have no idea how to learn a language (most Americans). For example, one woman student, in her thirties, leapt up from her seat at least three times during every class to answer voice calls, and texted constantly throughout. Having missed the instruction, she would ask the teacher to repeat the point, which he politely did. Another older man apparently had never studied a language before (perhaps had never studied anything before). He filled the class hour with random questions about basic grammar (what is a noun? what do you mean, noun?) history, and politics -- all of which the teacher politely answered, sometimes at length. Due to the teacher's lack of training in mixed-level classroom management, the pace of instruction was extremely slow and disorderly. In eight weeks I learned very little. I would not go back. Still, with so much variation among individual teachers and the possibility of a better mix of adult students, your mileage may vary. Bodhi tree is the only place in Portland to get formal instruction in Mongolian, for example -- and it's affordable. By all means give it a try, but I'd recommend to keep expectations low.

I actually only had the opportunity to take one class at this center because after someone dropping…read moreout, the class size was too small to continue. I was deeply disappointed, but I thought I would still share my experience. The only thing that really bothered me was how warm the room was. Maybe I just have a high tolerance for things, but I wasn't put off by anything. I was there to learn Cantonese Level 1. The instructor was very kind and friendly, and I hate that I forgot her name. If you're going in there expecting to be taught, then go somewhere else. This is a place to talk about the language, go through dialogue, and familiarize yourself with the way it sounds and how to speak it. But there weren't drills, memorizing or starting with the basics like tones. And that was fine for me because my memory is excellent and I can clearly remember how the instructor says it and I can repeat it. I'm thinking about doing one-on-one tutoring there, but the distance is a little out of my way. These are community classes and I had a good time.