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Health 57E

Health 57E (HLTH 57E) Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation and Automated External Defibrillation for the Professional Rescuer, is offered at De Anza almost every quarter. The 1/2 unit class usually meets for six sessions, not all quarter.

We finish before finals week and do not meet during finals week.

BVM in use Red Cross photo: Red Cross photo cpr in progress gym floor: Red Cross photo c p r in progress on a gym floor

The class is designed for the success of students who have never had any CPR instruction before, as well as those who have current certifications they need to renew. You don't have to be a professional rescuer to take this class.

Most class sessions are all lecture/practice. One session will be for skills testing. People who fully learned the skills and can test out on them early, can leave early that class session or stay and tutor others.

Here is the course description:

Designed for certification in American Red Cross Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation and Automated External Defibrillation for the Professional Rescuer.

Students will gain the knowledge and skills necessary to apply the Bloodborne Pathogens regulations issued by the Occupational Health and Safety Administration with the intent to prevent disease transmission, recognize and provide basic care for breathing emergencies, perform Adult, Child and Infant Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) and use an Automated External Defibrillator (AED) for victims of sudden cardiac arrest.

Red Cross logo: Upon successful completion of this course, each participant will receive an American Red Cross certification in Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation and Automated External Defibrillation for the Professional Rescuer.

Your CPR/AED Pro certification card will be good for two years. (First aid cards earned in HLTH 57A are good for three years.)

We will be teaching the NEW 2006 CPR material, DO NOT buy this 2002 textbook (American Red Cross CPR/AED for the Professional Rescuer).

participants manual cpr aed pro photo by Red Cross:

Buy the one with the same title, (American Red Cross CPR/AED for the Professional Rescuer), but with a 2006 copyright:

CPR Pro student manual 2005 cover:

The Red Cross lifeguard training manual and Emergency Response Textbook do cover the same material, but will not work as a textbook.

If the bookstore is out of the text, do not special order it as it can take well over a week to get, go to the Red Cross or another bookstore that has it in stock.

If you want a head start on the reading before the De Anza bookstore has the text in stock, or if they run out of the book, you can get the text at the Red Cross office at 2731 North First Street, San Jose. There is a map at: http://chapters.redcross.org/ca/scv/pages/maps.html

If you can get the book before the class starts and at least read through the first two or three chapters the first class session lecture will make more sense.

Red Cross brand pocket mask: Red Cross brand pocket mask You need to buy a pocket mask for use in this class. It's the device shown below for rescue breathing with a one-way valve so your breaths go into the victim, but their escaping breath doesn't give you germs.

pocket mask and resc brth Red Cross photo:

What do students think of the instructor? Go to: Health 57 A and C student evaluations

Enrollment and registration steps are at: http://www.deanza.fhda.edu/admissions/

At the local Red Cross this class would cost you $90 (2009). At De Anza, if you are already a student and therefor already paying general fees, it will cost you $6.50 for the class, $8 for the card fee, and about $25 (?) for the book/pocket mask.

Red Cross poster aed/cpr: photo of automated external defibrillator pads being applied

An automated external defibrillator (AED) is a machine that analyzes the heart's rhythm and, if necessary, tells you to deliver a shock to a victim of sudden cardiac arrest. The machine determines how much shock to deliver and talks you through the steps. It won't shock someone who doesn't need it.

We learn to use the same brand/model of AED as De Anza has at four locations on campus, but the training also applies to other models/brands.

Do AEDs work?

A. 3 to 4%

B. 64%

C. 75%

Match the percentages above to these:

    the percentage of time CPR works in television dramas

    the percentage of time CPR alone without the use of an AED works

    the percentage of time a typical AED system, such as the ones installed in Chicago's O'Hare Airport, is successful

the answer is at: Do AEDs work?

two rescuer cpr Red Cross photo:

This page is used for messages (see below) to students enrolled in the class during quarters the class is in session.

Spring quarter, 2009

HLTH-057E-55L (Call# 1108): This class meets six Friday afternoons, 1:30 to 4:10, May 8, 15, 22, 29 and June 5 and 12 in S75.

We do not meet during finals week.

To find the classroom, go to: http://www.deanza.fhda.edu/map/s_quad.html

Look for the S7 building and then find S75.

I receive many emails from students wanting to add the class, some are on the waitlist, some could not get on.

I can't add anyone until after the class has met for the first time, so attend the first session and you might be added.

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Red Cross photo CPR:

Click on this link and make the changes listed: changes to CPR/AED pro rescuer text

Homework due the second class session: assignments in the greensheet, including reading pages 1 to 60 and doing the quizzes at:

CPR PRO homework chapter one

CPR Pro homework chapter 2

CPR Pro chapter 3 homework

read CPR manikin use and briefly write up three new things you learned.

Homework due the third class session: assignments in the greensheet and

read Common mistakes in Professional Rescuer CPR skills and briefly write up three new things you learned.

CPR Pro chapter 4 homework

Optional, but recommended: as a review before the skills testing, try to self-test at: CPR Pro skills review questions

There is a copy of the training video in the Life Science Learning Center in SC3 at the new science center for anyone who wants to watch skills portions for practice/study. It has the same title as your text: American Red Cross CPR/AED for the Professional Rescuer, and the same picture is on the DVD case.

Homework due the fourth class session: assignments in the greensheet, including reading pages 62 to 72 in your text and doing the quiz at:

CPR Pro chapter 5 homework

As you read the skill sheet starting on page 67, you can also read the script of what the AED trainer will say: What the AED says as you use it

Homework due the fifth class session:

read How to pass a Red Cross written test and briefly write up three new things you learned.

and re-read Common mistakes in Professional Rescuer CPR skills

For the sixth class session, as a final review for the exam, read:

Bloodborne Pathogens quick facts

CPR quick facts

AED quick facts

re-read How to pass a Red Cross written test

and go over your answers to the

CPR PRO homework chapter one

CPR Pro homework chapter 2

CPR Pro chapter 3 homework

CPR Pro chapter 4 homework

CPR Pro chapter 5 homework

Red Cross photo workplace CPR:

There is advice at: students tell how to pass HLTH 57E.

If you have had CPR training before you might want to read Why did they change CPR?

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CEUBanner.gif: banner that says authorized provider I A C E T

CEUs are available after you complete this course. Go to: http://www.redcrossstore.org/dp.aspx?pgid=547

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Optional reading for this class:

The Seattle Red Cross website quoted from the following article on women's heart attack symptoms. Go to:

http://www.heart-help.net/women.html

and scroll down to heart attack women's symptoms

The Red Cross text and instructor's manual, Bloodborne Pathogens Training: Preventing Disease Transmission, mentioned some online sources.

An adult recommended vaccinations schedule is at http://www.cdc.gov/nip/recs/adult-schedule.htm#print

The latest on bloodborne pathogens is at: http://www.osha.gov/SLTC/bloodbornepathogens/index.html

At the New England Journal of Medicine website:

http://content.nejm.org/cgi/content/abstract/342/21/1546

is the New England Journal of Medicine article on which is best: cpr alone or cpr with mouth to mouth

WebMD health has quizzes at:

http://my.webmd.com/medical_information/health-e-tools/quizzes/default.htm

take the heart attack quiz

http://my.webmd.com/content/pages/16/98506

take the heart disease quiz

http://my.webmd.com/content/pages/16/98508

take the high blood pressure quiz

http://my.webmd.com/content/pages/16/98512

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When you call 911 from a land line telephone, such as in your house, you get dispatch for the city the phone (your house) is located in. When you call 911 from a cell phone you get the Highway Patrol at a central location. Sometimes, especially if you are not calling about something on the freeway/highway, it would be faster to get dispatch for the specific city the problem is happening in. This requires knowing the direct dial seven digit phone number for each dispatch.

Direct dial emergency phone numbers for most cities in Santa Clara County, California, can be found at the Santa Clara County ARES/RACES (Amateur Radio Emergency Services/Radio Amateur Civil Emergency Services) website.

http://www.scc-ares-races.org/dd-emer-nos.html

San Mateo County cities (and the San Francisco airport) direct dial phone numbers can be found at:

http://www.blackberryreact.org/smco911phones.html

When you are planning a camping trip, try to get the direct dial number for the park/Sheriff or agency in charge before you go.

AMERICAN Red Cross cpr image: drawing of a person doing C p r

I update the Simple secondary survey study sheet (a list of times to suspect a spinal injury, Reasons why a person might become unconscious or semi-conscious (AEIOU TIPS), Typical causes of altered mental status, Levels of consciousness and more.)

online as I find new information.

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Pandemic flu

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De Anza college student success center banner 80 pixels:

programs for student success in all kinds of classes, including tutorials, readiness, academic skills, instructional computing and more:

http://www.deanza.edu/academicsupport/

More students qualify for financial aid than use it or even know they qualify. There are enrollment fee waivers you can apply for online which take about a week to get an answer. For all the details go to: http://www.deanza.fhda.edu/financialaid/index.html

De Anza College offers many scholarships, some of which have few applicants!

Check out the loot:

http://www.deanza.edu/financialaid/scholarship.html

You don’t have to pay for all your classes/fees at once. De Anza has an installment payment plan that allows you to defer most of your payments. Go to: http://www.deanza.fhda.edu/registration/cashier/deferpay.html

Various local businesses give discounts to De Anza Associated Student Body card holders. A list of (mostly 10% on food) discounts is at: http://www.deanza.fhda.edu/dasb/discounts.html

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

The Biological and Health Sciences Division student handbook has lots of useful information. It's at: http://bhs.deanza.edu/StudentHandbook.pdf

The De Anza library has a few laptops for loan to students. http://www.deanza.fhda.edu/library/laptop.html

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Blood donation FAQs has reasons some people faint after giving blood and ways to prevent it, a link to the questions asked before you donate, info and links for athletes and scuba divers, precautions to take after donating blood, info on how donating blood can make you healthier, info on what the donations are needed for.

From first aid class discussion on burns, one of the first things we did after taking Community Emergency Response Team training was to switch from the cheap $5-ish model of smoke alarm we had in the hall to the better $25-ish model and put them in more rooms. The better models, with I (ionization) and P (photoelectric) on the box, will detect smoke faster than the cheap models.

advance care directives has info and a link to where you can get a free one

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The Red Cross text and instructor's manual, Bloodborne Pathogens Training: Preventing Disease Transmission, mentioned some online sources.

An adult recommended vaccinations schedule is at http://www.cdc.gov/nip/recs/adult-schedule.htm#print

The latest on bloodborne pathogens is at: http://www.osha.gov/SLTC/bloodbornepathogens/index.html

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In a lot of Canada you can dial 911 in an emergency just like in the U.S. But elsewhere it's often a different number. http://www.sccfd.org/travel.html has most of them.

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heartbeat:

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Once I get the certification cards from the Red Cross I will not be responsible for holding on to yours or for getting it to you if you did not get me a self-addressed, stamped envelope.

If you forgot to get me an envelope before the end of class you can leave it at the faculty mailboxes. How to get a message to a De Anza instructor has a description of how to find them and a picture of the faculty mailbox drop box.

The cards will be mailed within three weeks after the end of the quarter unless the Red Cross office is understaffed.

The American Red Cross

Enrollment in the CPR/AED FPR instructor classes I occasionally teach is by invitation only. Read some details at: CPR instructor.

line drawing of CPR: defib and pads:

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kayaking / canoeing lessons are offered almost every quarter by the De Anza Outdoor Club.

Olympic sized pool with kayaks from above:

http://www.redcross.org/flash/brr/English-flash/default.asp

Lost your card? You can pay for a replacement card at the Santa Clara Valley chapter of the Red Cross, 2731 N. First Street in San Jose at the corner of Plumeria. You will need to tell them when you took the class for them to be able to look up the course record. 577-2178.
 Updated Thursday, May 7, 2009 at 9:20:43 AM by Mary Donahue - donahuemary@fhda.edu
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