What? Class Outside?

Of course, outside...emergencies don't just happen in warm and comfortable environments. Our students need to be ready for any possible situation and be able to adapt. The time to learn that is right from the beginning.

They were troopers as we put into practice what they had learned and discussed the first three weeks of class. Groups worked on practical applications to develop their skills sets in oropharyngeal and nasopharyngeal airway placement, ventilatory assistance to the unresponsive patient and listening to breath sounds.

Groups then rotated ouside in the crisp, clean evening weather where they inspected and assessed live patients for respiratory and circulatory stability, then lifted amd moved the unresponsive patient (through proper "packaging" into the awaiting ambulance.

The next station involved listening to breath souands in the live patient and acquiring respiratory rates and heart rates in a moving ambulance. Not as easy as it might seem.

We are off to a good start.