P.E. 28A
This page is used for messages (see below) to students enrolled in PE 28A during quarters the class is in session. Messages are in somewhat chronological order.
P.E. 28A is the De Anza lifeguard training class. For information about it click on these links:
Lifeguard Training
Lifeguard Training FAQs has a description of (and advice for passing) the prerequisite swim tests The last person to finish the prerequisite test Fall quarter 2004 was a 115 pound woman. She ended up with the highest "A" in the class and earned all seven certifications. People who are taking this class to get a lifeguard certification will have time to practice the prerequisite test as we will mostly concentrate on first aid and CPR at the start of the quarter. The swim test will not be officially given until at least two weeks into the quarter.
P.E. 28A student evaluation comments
How to find the pools, sunscreen, P/NP grading, waitlists and more
are covered at
Swim classes FAQs
See also: How to get a P.E. locker at De Anza College
Some bookstores still sell the older version of the Red Cross lifeguard text. This is the current text that you will need:
The De Anza bookstore will be selling it for the same price as the Red Cross, $35. Sometimes the pocket mask you need can be found near the textbook, sometimes it is elsewhere in the bookstore.
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The first day of the quarter, Friday, April 7 (from 10:30 to 12:15) our class meets in the pool bleachers by the diving well (deep pool) but we will probably not be in the water.
At the beginning of the quarter we will spend more time in classrooms, later we will spend more time in the pool. Almost all our pool work will be in the diving well (deep pool). When needed we expect the Friday classroom to always be S75 and the Monday/Wednesday classroom to always be G 9.
To find the S75 Friday classroom, go to:
http://www.deanza.fhda.edu/map/s_quad.html
Look for the S7 building and then find S75.
To find the M/W classroom G9, at this link to a campus map: http://www.deanza.fhda.edu/map/ look for the oval Track and Field. Just to the left of it is the long narrow building G, a few steps downstairs from parking lot E.
Each day I expect to announce where we will be for the next class and I will often post the location at this website. If we expect to be in a classroom always bring your swimsuit/towel in case plans change.
De Anza aquatics classes require students learn about aspects of aquatics history, basic exercise physiology and nutrition.
These areas could require hours of lecture.
In an effort to be able to spend more time in the water and to save students from having to buy yet another text,
I have developed some short online reading assignments to cover
the needed info.
For many of these assignments I ask you to briefly write up a few new things you learned from reading the assignments; none of these assignments requires paragraphs and paragraphs of verbose prose.
Please note: you are responsible for keeping a copy of each assignment in case the one you turn in is lost and I do not accept emailed assignments.
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course calendar / homework assignments
Wednesday, April 9 (from 10:30 to 12:15) we meet at the pool and will be in the water. The first online homework assignments are due Wednesday April 9.
1) read: How to rescue a drowning victim using a reaching assist or a shepherd's crook and write up three new things you learned from the page. (If you already knew everything at the page write up the three most important things.) To avoid confusion in recording your homework put your name at the top of the page, and the title shepherd's crook.
2) read: Lifeguard class safety rules and write up three new things you learned from the page. (If you already knew everything at the page write up the three most important things.) To avoid confusion in recording your homework put your name at the top of the page, and the title Lifeguard class safety rules.
3) Get your text and do what it says at:
write these notes in your lifeguarding text
4) Read Student attitudes about disruptive behavior and rate/write up the top five that bother you the most. If you have a story from a De Anza class about disruptions, write it out for me. To avoid confusion in recording your homework put your name at the top of the page, and the title disruptive behavior.
5) Read: Simple secondary survey study sheet (No, you don't have to memorize all of it!)
6) Get your pocket mask and put your name on it and on the case. You will probably want to bring it, and your textbook to class every day.
Friday, April 11 (from 9:30 to 12:20) we meet in S75 and will not be in the water, but always bring your swimsuit/towel in case plans change. Homework due Friday, April 11 :
1) Get your De Anza student photo I.D. which you will use as a library card. You can also use it to get online at the De Anza internet lab and various local businesses give discounts to card holders. A list of (mostly 10% on food) discounts is at: http://www.deanza.fhda.edu/dasb/discounts.html
De Anza photo student ID cards are processed downstairs in the Campus Center. The most direct entrance to take is on the corner that faces the L quad, by the Le Cafe.
You need to bring a photo I.D. and proof of registration and fee payment but they might be able to pull up your registration info on a computer if you provide your Social Security number. The line is shorter after about 3 p.m. Recent hours have been Mon - Fri 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
2) Email me your email address if I don't already have the right one from the college. Mine is
donahuemary@fhda.edu
If you don't have email yet, De Anza has info on where you can get free email at:
http://www.deanza.edu/students/emailupdate.html
3) Read chapters 1 (pages 2-10), 6 (pages 86- 100) and 9 (pages 142-158) in your Lifeguarding text. If you can't buy the text right away we hope to have one at the Learning Center for two hour checkout. We will probably have the time Friday to cover all of chapter 1&6, and at least part of chapter 9.
4) Read again: Simple secondary survey study sheet
Saturday, April 12, you can probably practice the prerequisite swim test at the pool between 10 - 1 or 1:30 p.m. Be sure to verify there is a lifeguard to watch you and verify which part of the pool you can use before you get in and swim.
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This is optional, but worthwhile.
Some of you were trying eggbeater, the treading water kick used by water polo players, at the end of class Wednesday. It is not required for this class or for certification that you be able to do an eggbeater.
There is a tutorial on doing eggbeater at:
http://www.expertvillage.com/video/44405_synchronized-swimming-egg-beaters.htm
and a much longer one at:
http://cis.squirming.net/category/water_polo/356/
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Homework due Monday, April 14 Please do the review questions after you have read chapters 1 and 6.
1) Lifeguarding review questions chapter 1
2) Lifeguarding review questions chapter 6
3) complete the FIND scenario
4) complete the Legal Considerations worksheet
5) the first week homework handout you were given the first day of class, with questions about the greensheet and this website
6) read pages 57 to 66 and escapes pages 68 to 70 (we will be skipping submerged victim at first), two person removal from the water pages 71-73
We meet in/at the pool on Monday, April 14.
Tuesday, April 15 at 10:30, lifeguard instructor George Cullison can work with people on their breaststroke, surface dives or...
Wednesday, April 16 we will meet in classroom G9 .
homework:
1) read chapter 9 and after you have read the chapter, complete: Lifeguarding review questions chapter 9
2) Read History of lifesaving and briefly write up the three most striking listings.
3) Read again, the secondary survey section of: Simple secondary survey study sheet
Thursday, April 17 at 10:30, lifeguard instructor George Cullison can work with people on their breaststroke, surface dives or...
Friday, April 18 we will meet in classroom S75. We will see how far we get through first aid and decide if it would make more sense to be in the water Monday or Wednesday of the next week.
homework:
1) read chapters 7 (pages 102 to 122) and chapter 8 (pages 123 to 140)
2) Read again, the secondary survey section of: Simple secondary survey study sheet
3) Bring a gallon sized zip lock bag to store your manikins faces in for the quarter. (A thin bag from the grocery produce section will not work.)
4) read: CPR manikin use and write up three new things you learned.
Saturday, April 19, you can probably practice skills or practice for the prerequisite swim test at the pool between 10 - 1 or 1:30 p.m. Be sure to verify there is a lifeguard to watch you and verify which part of the pool you can use before you get in and swim.
Monday, April 21 (April 21 - 27 is National Turn Off The TV Week.)
Bring batteries you need to recycle. (A, AA, AAA, C, D, etc., not automobile.)
homework:
1) The skin cancer foundation has a self exam at:
http://www.skincancer.org/self_exam/spot_skin_cancer.php
and pictures of what to look for at:
http://www.skincancer.org/self_exam/look_for.php
Read these and write up three new things you learned. If you already knew everything at that site, write up the three most important things mentioned.
2) In your text on page 143, figure 9-5, there is a photo of lifeguard looking at a medical identification bracelet. Go to:
http://www.medicalert.org/Watch/#faqs
for a look at the newest MedicAlert product, a watch "designed to be easily recognized by first responders and emergency medical personnel. The face of the watch features the MedicAlert symbol and the back of the watch is engraved with the member’s medical information, member ID and the MedicAlert® 24-Hour Emergency Hotline number, standard information that appears on all MedicAlert medical identification products."
Please notice that this homework assignment does not require you to write up anything, just to look at the page.
3) Read: How to pass a Red Cross written test and write up three new things you learned.
4) In the week or so after we finish the first aid lecture and skills you each will be required to complete these scenarios:
first aid scenarios
The secondary survey section of: Simple secondary survey study sheet applies to one of them.
Please notice that this homework assignment also does not require you to write up anything, just to look at the page and start thinking about what you would do in those situations.
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You will have a total of three Red Cross multiple choice exams for your main certifications in lifeguard training, first aid, CPR, AED and, if you choose it, waterfront lifeguard.
The first aid questions are mixed in with spinal injury questions (a total of 20 questions, you must get 16 correct) so you won't be taking any first aid exam until much later in the quarter. The CPR and AED is another exam, which you will take shortly after finishing the CPR/AED skills (30 CPR...you must get 24 right & 10 AED, you must get 8 right. You have to pass both CPR and AED to get the cert.)
Each of these will be graded immediately after you take it so you will know how you did right away. If needed, you will get two tries at any of these exams. You will be able to look at your first try before you take the second try.
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Wednesday, April 23
homework:
Lifeguarding review questions chapter 7
Thursday, April 24 is Club Day and if it does not rain, all the clubs will have tables in the main quad from 11 until 1:30. The Outdoor Club can use help at our table from anyone who would like to attract more people to join us in our adventures.
Friday, April 25 we meet in classroom S75
Be sure to bring your pocket mask (and something to kneel on if you want it).
homework: Lifeguarding review questions chapter 8
Friday, April 25 from 10 am to 2 pm in the main quad. Health Fair The Lion's Club screening van will be there to provide glucose, vision and hearing screening, and the Medical Lab Technician students will be doing glucose and cholesterol screening.
Saturday, April 26, you can probably practice skills or practice for the prerequisite swim test at the pool between 10 - 1 or 1:30 p.m. Be sure to verify there is a lifeguard to watch you and verify which part of the pool you can use before you get in and swim.
Monday, April 28
Homework:
1) Write up the assignment at:
lifeguard training homework chin carry example
2) Read: http://www.berkeleywellness.com/html/fw/fwFit02Stretching.html
and briefly write up three new things you learned and the three most important safety rules you found. If you already knew it all, write up the most important things. To avoid confusion in recording your homework put your name at the top of the page, and the title Stretching.
optional reading:
STOP THAT CRAMP!
4 causes -- and solutions -- for muscle cramps during exercise
http://www.usms.org/news/newsitem.php?n=29
3) Read Common mistakes in professional rescuer CPR skills - Lifeguard Training while following along in your text and briefly write up three new things you learned.
Optional, due Monday, April 28, as many of the questions at:
Lifeguard training first aid extra credit assignment as you want to complete.
group photo PE28A 2008
Wednesday, April 30
We will probably be at the pool.
Read: In the water resuscitation and bring your pocket mask to class.
read:
http://www.berkeleywellness.com/html/fw/fwFit03StrengthTraining.html
and briefly write up three new things you learned and the three most important safety rules you found. If you already knew everything at that site, write up the three most important things mentioned.
Re-read Common mistakes in professional rescuer CPR skills - Lifeguard Training
Take the self-test at: CPR Pro skills review questions Please note that there is no homework to write up for this, it is just to help you get the facts into your brain.
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A student asked for Kernan's email address (the teaching assistant who is a paramedic/combat medic, heading for Iraq) and he said I can give it to anyone: lckband@yahoo.com Photos below from training earlier this year (with some moulage, the fake wounds).
  
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Friday, May 2
Meet in S75 for CPR skills testing day. Be ready to test on all the skills in chapters 7 and 8 (except oxygen and possibly except AED). Be sure to bring your pocket mask (and something to kneel on if you want it). (The written test will be later.)
IF everyone gets through the skills promptly we could start on AED, so read What the AED says as you use it, while following along in your text.
Re-read Common mistakes in professional rescuer CPR skills - Lifeguard Training
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A Whole New Mind is a page of links for my students who are reading the book. Please note that this is not required for this class.
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People who are interested in becoming American Red Cross CPR/AED for the Professional Rescuer instructors must first earn a certification in American Red Cross CPR/AED for the Professional Rescuer. The lifeguard class has the same skills, but uses a different book, so your lifeguard certification will not fully prepare you for this instructor certification. The other text is for sale at the De Anza bookstore, and as of April 28 there were quite a few used books for sale at $9.55 instead of the normal $12.70. Whether you end up taking an instructor course from me through the Outdoor Club, or at the Red Cross, you can earn the prerequisite cert in the De Anza class HLTH 57E, which meets six Fridays (May 9 to June 13, we do not meet during finals week) from 1:30 to 4:10 in S75. The class is full, but since all of you already have substantially learned the material and can be tutors to some degree, I will accept adds from anyone in the lifeguard class, whether as a step towards being an instructor, as a makeup of days missed in the lifeguard class, or to get better skills, if the adds are done before the class first meets.
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Monday, May 5
homework:
Read all of chapter 5, (rescues), including re-reading the parts you read earlier.
Lifeguarding review questions chapter 5
Meet in the classroom for the rest of the first aid skills session.
Wednesday, May 7
We will do the prerequiste swim test for either lifeguard or waterfront lifeguard Wednesday, May 7, as well as some other work. Lifeguard Training FAQs has a description of (and advice for passing) these prerequisite swim tests.
10 a.m. - 6 p.m. apply for graduation, ask questions or receive a degree audit, at the Counseling Center, 2nd floor, Student & Community Services Building
You must apply to receive your degree. For your name to appear in the ceremony program (Saturday, June 28) you must apply for graduation by Friday, May 16.
Please note that this is not required for the class.
Friday, May 9 meet in the classroom
As a review before you take the written CPR/AED test, which people who have attended all the lecture and succeeded at all their skills testing will probably do today:
CPR Pro skills review questions
Bloodborne Pathogens quick facts
CPR quick facts
AED quick facts
Anyone who wants to know why the CPR skills changed from before, or why we don't do them a different way than we do, can read: Why did they change CPR? and can follow through with a link to the original research.
Please note that none of the above requires any homework to be submitted.
homework:
1) read chapter 10, spinal injuries
2) USA Swimming has a detailed nutrition article at:
http://www.usaswimming.org/USASWeb/DesktopDefault.aspx?TabId=433&Alias=Rainbow&Lang=en
Feed Their Brains! A simple guide to teaching nutrition to swimmers.
1. Fueling Your Stroke – The Concept of Buying and Burning Gas
2. Eating Colorful Foods
3. How Much is Enough?
4. Timing is Everything!
5. Choosing the Best Cereals
6. What IS a Serving?
7. FLUIDS - Water vs Sports Drink
8. Analyzing Your Diet
read sections 1 to 7 (you can skip #8 if you want) and briefly write up three new things you learned. If you already knew everything at that site, write up the three most important things mentioned.
To avoid confusion in recording your homework put your name at the top of the page, and the title Nutrition.
optional reading:
NCAA's Eating On the Go has snack ideas at:
http://www1.ncaa.org/eprise/main/membership/ed_outreach/nutrition-performance/student/nutrition.html
1:30 to 4:10, the first session of HLTH 57E, in the same classroom.
Saturday, May 10, you can probably practice skills at the pool between 10 - 1 or 1:30 p.m. Be sure to verify there is a lifeguard to watch you and verify which part of the pool you can use before you get in and swim.
Monday, May 12 meet in the classroom
Homework:
Detailed descriptions of backboarding are at:
Deep water backboarding
shallow water backboarding
you might want to read them more than once.
Wednesday, May 14
Sometimes where we will meet will be announced at the website, sometimes it will be decided during the previous class session, but I will not get it posted at the website.
homework:
possibly a few short assignments if we have finished the chapter 10 lecture
Watch the video Law enforcement awareness of disabilities at the Library Express (see below). This video is used to teach cadets at California police academies. I read about it in the newspaper and got a copy to copy from the consultant for the program, a rehabilitation counselor. The quality of my copies is not perfect, and some of the "acting" is less than Emmy quality, but it's a good intro for both police officers and potential lifeguards, whether you will work at a facility with many or only a few developmentally disabled customers.
Briefly (one sentence answers are not enough) answer these questions as you watch the video:
1) What are the main points it makes about dealing with people with mental disabilities?
2) with cerebral palsy?
3) Most people picture someone having a seizure as looking like a generalized tonic clonic (grand mal) seizure, but it's not the most common. List the signs/symptoms/behaviors that Deputy Dave Wilson describes of the man in the parking lot
4) If a pool patron were to have these complex partial seizure behaviors, what could you do as a lifeguard to help them?
5) From the traumatic brain injury portion: What is the loss of “gatekeeping" function in speech?
You can skip through the classroom discussion with Officer Bob George, and from the next section on autism:
6) A woman who wrote a book about being autistic described the little details that most people don't notice, but which an autistic person is overwhelmed by. List two.
7) Why is it important to ask an autistic person " Can I touch you" if possible?
You don't need to watch the rest of the video, but you can fast forward through the list of phone numbers and watch the panel discussion if you want. Big hint: there are only two copies of the video at the library, so don't put this approximately 1 hour 15 minute (minimum) project off until the last minute or someone else will have the video checked out.
At the map at http://www.deanza.fhda.edu/map/main_quad.html
the room where you check out and watch the video (Library Express room 123) does not show on the map. It is just to right of the Readiness Lab which is on the map. The door faces the big lawn.
The center is open (last time I checked) M-Th 8 a.m. to 8 p.m., Fri 8 a.m. to 7 p.m., Sat. 10 to 4, Sun noon to 4.
Saturday, May 17, you can probably practice skills at the pool between 10 - 1 or 1:30 p.m. Be sure to verify there is a lifeguard to watch you and verify which part of the pool you can use before you get in and swim.
Wednesday, May 21 free 15 minute chair massage in the main quad by the big fountain. 3:30 to 5 p.m.
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Monday, May 26 is a holiday, no class
Sunday June 1, you can be a role model for 700 kids (ages 14 to 3) at their triathlon at De Anza. Please note that this is not required for the class, but it should function as a volunteer requirement for various other things you might be doing as well as on your resume or college application.
   
scroll down at guarding the Silicon Valley Kids Triathlon, 2004 to read Why/when do the lifeguards get into the pool?
 
Saturday, June 7 De Anza Outdoor Club Monterey ocean kayak day trip. This lesson and kayaking would give you enough experience to volunteer at summer swim races on S.F. bay that De Anza lifeguard graduates work. Escape from Alcatraz 'Sharkfest' swim volunteering
Please note that this is not required for the class.
Monday, June 9 free 15 minute chair massage in the main quad by the big fountain. 3:30 to 5 p.m.
Sunday, June 8 at 8 a.m. we will go to Cowell's Beach in Santa Cruz and do the waterfront lifeguard skills that we can't simulate in the pool. Please note that this is not required for any certification other than waterfront guard.
after which, at 9 a.m. The De Anza Outdoor Club offers a beginner's surfing lesson by professional instructors in Santa Cruz.
Outdoor Club Coming Attractions has details and links to pictures of wipeouts and successful surfers from previous lessons.
Please note that this is not required for the class.
Wednesday, June 25 is our scheduled final exam 9:15 to 11:15.
Volunteer opportunity: lifeguards at the shoreline finish or out in kayaks are needed at the Escape from Alcatraz 'Sharkfest' swim race, Saturday, June 28, 6:45 a.m. or earlier and the Alcatri triathlon that starts with an Alcatraz to Aquatic Park swim on Sunday, August 24. The race provides the kayaks and gear, spring wetsuit, snacks.
Escape from Alcatraz 'Sharkfest' swim volunteering has details.
Volunteering at these races should function as a volunteer requirement for various other things you might be doing as well as on your resume or college application.
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photo below by lifeguard instructor George Cullison.
For those of you who want to stay ahead on reading, we will probably cover the material in this order:
chapter 1, the professional lifeguard and 6, before providing care and victim assessment
chapter 9, first aid
pages 57 to 66 and escapes pages 68 to 70 (skipping submerged victim at first), two person removal from the water pages 71-73
chapter 7, breathing emergencies
chapter 8, cardiac emergencies
pages 66-68 (submerged victim) and 70-71 (multiple victims)
chapter 5, (rescues) as a whole
chapter 10, spinal injuries
chapter 2, injury prevention and facility safety
chapter 3, patron surveillance
chapter 4, emergency preparation
photo below copyright by Ken Mignosa:
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The Outdoor Club will probably offer a Title 22, First Aid for Public Safety Personnel class, possibly during finals week and into summer quarter. First signups will be for volunteer teaching assistants. For info read:
California Lifeguards and Title 22
First Aid for Public Safety Personnel study guide
programs for student success in all kinds of classes, including tutorials, readiness, academic skills, instructional computing and more:
http://www.deanza.edu/studentsuccess
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
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optional reading:
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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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.
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.
advance care directives has a link to where you can get a free copy, and links to legal info on the subject.
I will give one class makeup for a blood donation quarter, or, if you can't donate blood, two hours of work at the De Anza blood drive. Show me the 'receipt' they give you after the donation, dated this quarter, before the last day of class.
To learn about donating read Blood donation FAQs, which 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.
De Anza College home games usually has the dates of the campus blood drives as well links to student recitals, dance performances and art exhibitions.
From class discussion on burns, one of the first things my husband and I 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.
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Enrollment in the CPR/AED FPR instructor classes I occasionally teach is by invitation only. Read some details at: CPR instructor.
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