Practice, Practice, Practice

We have several extra-class practice sessions upcoming.  Great opportunity to practice skills, try variants, and discuss specific questions.

Highly encourage all of you to attend as many as possible.

Attached pic is from tonight's session. Curtis looks thrilled, ahey?

Scenario Observations - Tips & Areas to Work On

Here are the slides we used in class to discuss some commonalities/areas to work on that we've observed in recent scenarios.  Slides located here.  Have a look and given them some thought/practice.

This Weekend's Written Final Practice Exam

Final exam 2 from 2011, located here.  Be ready to discuss in class.

Final Written Exam Study - Exam for Review Next Week

Next week, we'll review Final Exam 1 from 2012.  View/download it here.  Good luck.

Upcoming Events

As we discussed in class, we have two important upcoming events:

1. Pediatric Assessment Practice – Nov. 5 – Bring kids.  Will do pediatric assessments first @ 7PM

2. Mass Casualty Event – Nov. 7 – Bring your friends.  Lots of them.  Looking for 30 people. 7PM to 9PM.  You can use the sign up sheet here.

Recruit your friends, kids, friend's kids, etc.!

Midterm Feedback

Good review of the midterm scenarios in class.  Here's the slide we used that summarized the commonalities we observed.

Final Written Exam Study

As we discussed in class, it's time to start ramping up effort on the upcoming final written exam.  As we also discussed, one of the best ways to study is to take past written exams.  I've located a set of and posted here.

To this end, we'll pick one exam to take each weekend, and then review in class the following Tuesday.  For this week, let's do the 2011-2012 Exam 1, posted here.

Good luck!

Special Guest Lecture: Dr. Jeff Croke, MD

As I mentioned in class, I am thrilled that Dr. Jeff Croke will be our guest speaker tonight, Oct. 10.  As you can see, Jeff is a highly accomplished physician AND ski patrolman.  Jeff has prepared some remarks for us, and then will take questions.  Get your questions ready!

Practice Session

Jimmy Rios is organizing a practice session this Wednesday. 7:00PM at his work: Lifesafety, Inc.  Address is: 1876 Hartog San Jose Ca.  Contact Jimmy with any questions.

Backboard Sunday Complete!

Great event this past weekend.  A huge thanks to the patrollers, friends, and kids who helped out.  Some pictures from the event here, including:

Looking forward, we have a few more skills to learn, and then training for more complex injuries & medical conditions and special patient populations.  And of course, lots of practice.

Midterm & Backboard Sunday - This Weekend

As we've discussed several times:

The midterm will be this Saturday, Oct. 5.  Start is 9AM.  Looking to wrap up by 2PM.  Bring your own patient for the morning session, plus boots & helmet.  Also, bring along a snack for yourself.

Sunday is backboard training.  Coffee at 7:30, and prompt start at 8AM.   Wear old clothes, bring kneepads, and be prepared to get dirty.  Dave R. is organizing lunch and would appreciate a $5 donation.  Plan on the event going all day, wrapping up around 5PM.

Location is the same - NetApp Java7 building.  See you all this weekend.