held at Our Saviour's Lutheran Church on January 31, 2007.
The class was arranged by Ann Andrew of Our Saviour's
and taught by Debbie Haugen using curriculum
by the American Heart Association.
Some photos of this class follow.
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The artificial dummies that simulate a human body when giving compressions to the chest and breaths thru the mouth. |
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The class AEDs that simulate the machine that will shock the heart to, hopefully, correct it's rhythm. |
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Debbie Haugen, the instructor, and Ann Andrew, the Our Saviour's representative who coordinated the classes. |
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The class attendees with Debbie. Stan Broten, Kelly Martin, Nancy Richardson, Kathy and Kim Nylec. |
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Some dummies waiting to get resusitated. |
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Students learning to do a chin lift to clear the airway of a patient. |
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Learning to recognize if the patient is breathing. |
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Video was a big help in learrning a lot of material in the almost 3 1/2 hour class. |
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Again, learning to recognize if the patient is breathing by looking for chest movement, listening for breathing or feeling a breath on your cheek. |
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A caring student. Nancy has covered up her patient. |
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If the patient is not breathing chect compressions are started immediately at the rate of 100 pushes per minute, using... |
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...the heal of one hand assisted by the other hand. A sequence of 30 compression, followed by two breaths, are continued until help arrives. |
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Breaths are given, thru the mouth, using a microshield, to prevent the transmission of any pathogens. |
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The correct hand form during compressions. |
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Stan pinching off nasal passageway prior to giving a breath. |
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Part of CPR is getting help, via a phone, which Stan is instructing someone else to do. |
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The photographer is being told to get the AED (Automated External Defibrillator) for use on the patient while Stan does CPR. |
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Stan giving a breath. |
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And listening for breathing. |
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Chest compressions.... |
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...under the watchful eye of the instructor. |
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Colorful hands. |
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Kelly, with an AED, preparing to "shock" a victim. |
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Pushing the button to initiate the shock. |
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The machine (AED) will tell you if the shock worked to restore rhythm to the heart. If not, then CPR is started, or resumed. |
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The video presented a number of different crises that had to be attended to by the students. |
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Class members had a chance to evaluate the entire presentation. All students thought the course was done very well. |
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The AED, at Our Saviour's, located on the north wall of the south Narthex. |
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The class was to train congregants how to use CPR, and the AED, in case of an emergency. |
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Another view. |
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Looking down the hallway toward the north Narthex. |