Health 57DHealth 57D is a 1/2 unit class designed for recertification in Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation for the Professional Rescuer (CPRFPR).
The class can have different instructors each quarter.
The following information applies to quarters when Mary Donahue is the instructor.
If you enrolled or intend to enroll you need to read this entire page.
The schedule of classes lists this class as TBA (to be announced) and has a link to this page for people to get the information they need. The testing date for each quarter I teach the class will usually be posted here within two weeks after the start of the quarter.
For winter quarter, 2010, the written (multiple choice) test and one or two skills tests, will be given on Friday, February 5, at 10:30, 11 or 11:30 in S56. If you pass the first skills tests and written test, you will be given the rest of the skills tests at at 9:30, 10, 10:30 or 11 a.m. on Friday, Feb. 19, in the same classroom.
To find the classroom, go to: http://www.deanza.fhda.edu/map/s_quad.html
Look for the S5 building and then find S56.
The prerequisite is a current certification in American Red Cross CPRFPR (or the American Heart Association equivalent). You must bring your certification card and a copy of the front and back.
The Red Cross instructor's manual says: "The challenge is intended as an opportunity for a person to demonstrate skills and be evaluated. Those taking part in the challenge should be tested for their ability to perform the skill, NOT take part in instructor-led practice sessions or be coached."
Students enrolling in Health 57D are encouraged to review their books, watch videos and/or practice in preparation for the challenge test. There is only one try at the skills testing allowed.
Skills tested will be based on the 2005 Consensus on Science for CPR and Emergency Cardiovascular care (ECC). You should study from a text copyright 2006, not 2002.
Do not study from the 2002 textbook:
Get the one with a 2006 copyright:
The American Heart Assn uses a few different skills than the Red Cross. You are responsible for knowing the current methods the Red Cross uses.
You will take a multiple choice exam (80% equals passing). As is the policy at the Silicon Valley chapter of the Red Cross for challenge tests, you will have only one try at the written test. Go to How to pass a Red Cross written test for more info.
You will be tested on the following skills (not necessarily in the following order):
Removing Gloves;
Initial Assessment;
Rescue Breathing (Adult, Child and Infant);
Conscious Choking (Adult, Child and Infant);
Unconscious Choking (Adult, Child and Infant);
CPR (Adult, Child and Infant);
Two-Rescuer CPR (Adult, Child and Infant);
and
Using a Bag-Valve-Mask Resuscitator (Two Rescuers).
All Red Cross certifications now include AED testing as well as CPR. AED skills tested will include adult and child.
The instructor(s) (Mary Donahue or a teaching assistant who is a Red Cross certified CPR instructor) will provide the student with signals of the victim's condition, and the student will provide proper care. If the student can't pass all of the first few skills tests the test will not continue through all the skills, and it will be considered a no-pass. There will probably be no privacy for the test as it will be taken with other students around.
Most students who enroll in the 57D challenge format class do not attend, either because they do not follow through and find out when the class is held, or because they realize it is not the class for them when they read this page. You must email me if you intend to follow through with this class, and tell me what time you will be there, or there will not be an instructor to test you. In your email also tell me what certification you have, from what agency, and the expiration date (describe what it says on the card).
donahuemary@fhda.edu
This is a pass/no pass course. If you pass the Red Cross skills tests and written test you pass the De Anza class.
If a student provides a self-addressed, stamped envelope they can usually expect their card in the mail within three weeks after the end of the quarter, unless the Red Cross chapter is swamped with work. A letter to employers, etc. verifying passing can be provided if requested two weeks before the testing day. Students will provide the instructor with a self-addressed, stamped envelope for the card to be mailed in on the testing day or the instructor will not be responsible for holding on to your card.
There is an $8 fee for the Red Cross card, which you pay when you register for the class. The fee is charged by the Red Cross if you pass or if you fail.
Bring your current CPR certification card, (and copies of the front and back to leave with the instructor), a pencil, your pocket mask, a self-addressed, stamped envelope, and, if you want it, something to kneel on.
If you realize after reading this, that Health 57D is not the right way for you to renew or earn your certification, look into information at: Health 57E or contact the Red Cross Silicon Valley Chapter.
If you are enrolled and decide to not follow through with the class, you are responsible for dropping in time for a refund if you want one. I will make every effort to be sure to drop people who do not make an appointment for testing before the college deadlines that would require me to give them a failing grade, but the college still considers any needed drops to be the responsibility of each student, not the instructor.
The Biological and Health Sciences Division student handbook has lots of useful information. It's at:
http://bhs.deanza.edu/StudentHandbook.pdf
All information in the student handbook applies to this course and students will be held accountable for this information.
You can read the curriculum, (course outline or course content, usually designed by a division then reviewed and approved by the college) for any De Anza class at: http://ecms.deanza.edu/deptoutlinespublic.html
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