Backboard Sunday Congrats & Photos

Big congratulations to the candidates (and partollers) for making it through a grueling day.  At the beginning of the day, you hadn't laid a hand on a backboard.  Now you can put a patient on a backboard - from each position to leading a team to do so - from a broad variety of situations.  More pics here.

Congratulations Candidates on a Great Midterm Saturday

Big congratulations to the candidates & big thanks to the patrollers who helped out.  Good day, good lessons learned, great tools for the future.  More pics in the class photo album here.

A Couple More Syllabus Changes

Shuffling a couple of the classes/presentations around. 

Midterm & Backboard Sunday Venues & Locations

Locations for the Midterm & Backboard Sunday are now set. Details below:

Midterm

• Date: Saturday, Sept. 16
• Time: 9:00AM to appx. 2PM
• Location: LifeSafety Associates. 1876 Hartog Drive San Jose, CA 95131  Google map here.
• Other Details: Bring a person to be your patient. You'll need them for the first couple hours. Then they are free to take off or welcome to stay & observe the scenario tests.

Backboard Sunday

• Date: Sunday, Sept 17
• Time: 8:00AM to 5:00PM  (Begins @ 8:00 sharp)
• Location: Alliance Occupational Medicine.  2737 Walsh Avenue, Santa Clara, CA 95051  Google Map here
• Other Details: Class begins @ 8:00 sharp, be on time.  Wear clothes you're comfortable getting dirty.  Knee pads (as discussed in class) will be helpful.  Lunch will be provided.  Be rested and ready for a full day.

Bandaging & Splinting Guides

For those looking for some reference material on these topics, these two guides - Bandaging Guide & Splinting Guide - are quite useful.  Link to the GoogleDrive folder here.

CPR Class 2017

As we discussed in class, Bianca Gonzalez of LifeSafety Associates will hold a CPR class for those in our course that need it.  Details below:

Date: Saturday, Sept. 9.  9AM to 12noon

Location: LifeSafety Associates.  1876 Hartog Dr, San Jose, CA 95131    GoogleMap here.

Cost & Registration: $63.  Contact Bianca Gonzalez directly to register & arrange payment:  bgonzalez @ lifesafety.com

Big thanks to Bianca for he help here.  Enjoy.

Assessment Flow Verbalization

Several of you have asked for an audio version of the Assessment Flow.  This would be great to have, but unfortunately, we don't have one today.

In the meantime, we do have one from 2008.  Several of you have asked to get access, so here it is.  Link here.  Shout-out to Josh Masur, now member of the NSP Board of Directors, for this recording.

BUT, if you choose to take a listen, a cautionary note - this recording uses the old 2008 OEC4 protocol.  While our current OEC5 protocol is similar, there are some differences (urgent survey, etc.).  So, if you choose to listen to this version, be very careful to ensure that you're making the appropriate translations to our current protocol.

As we've discussed, the best example we have of the current protocol is the 2-pager that we previously distributed.  Link here.

Looking forward, it would be great to have an audio version of our current protocol that we can archive and use in future classes (ours and others).  Any golden-voice volunteers to put one together?