The Rotary Club of Portola has joined with Eastern Plumas Health Care once more, this time to provide CPR and First Aid training to Portola High School seniors. Rotary has a student group that meets at lunchtime at the high school, according to Josie Bastian. That\u2019s where she first heard about the training. She and eight other seniors took part in the four hour course, held at EPHC\u2019s Education Center.
\nThe CPR course was the brainchild of Rotary\u2019s Rachelle Ramelli, who contacted the hospital with the idea. Steve Waldeck, EPHC\u2019s Director of Ambulance Services, agreed to teach the class. He admitted to being a bit concerned that the students might not want to take the class seriously. Instead, he found that they were \u201cvery bright, professional, and motivated.\u201d The class involved two hours of lecture and two hours of hands on practice with CPR mannequins. Waldeck also taught the students how to treat choking in infants, children, and adults.
\n\tWaldeck went on to extol the virtues of CPR preparation. \u201cIt typically takes emergency services 5-10 minutes to respond to a call. But, the brain starts dying after only four minutes\u201d he said. \u201cIf someone on the scene is able to initiate CPR, the patient\u2019s chances of survival go up tremendously. It\u2019s usually bystanders on the scene who save the victim\u2019s life,\u201d adding that when he and his crew shows up, they use a defibrillator to shock the heart back into a safe rhythm. But, \u201cif no CPR has been done prior to arrival, the odds of having a shockable rhythm is small.\u201d Portola should feel lucky that these students were motivated enough to take the training. Who knows when they may be called to use what they\u2019ve learned to save a life.
\n\tWaldeck said a new set of Life Support Training Courses (CPR, ACLS, and PALS) are set to begin in the new year. These are open, for a small fee, to community members and also to health care professionals. In addition, EPHC will provide courses upon request to community businesses and organizations. Interested groups or individuals should call Regina Martinez at 832-6510 and she will find or create a course for you. \u201cWe are pleased to extend this opportunity to the community,\u201d said Martinez, who works with Waldeck to organize the training sessions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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