Year-end statistics from the Dallas-based national office of the American Heart Association listed Center for Healthcare Education, Inc. as the number one training center for Southern California and the entire states of Nevada and Utah. First place status was based on both volume of sales of American Heart Association books and materials, as well as number of cards processed. In 2006, Center directly or indirectly responsible for training close to 20,000 ACLS, BLS and PALS students placing the company as the 12th largest in the United States. President and founder Cindy Tait, RN, EMT-P stated that she was totally shocked by the news. “I knew that we trained a lot of people but I had no idea of the extent of our impact on the resuscitation community.”