American Red Cross Standard First Aid Program
PLATTEVILLE-Since introducing the American Red Cross Standard First Aid Program into the University of Wisconsin-Platteville educational system in December 2003, Ernest Stracener, director of safety and risk management and certified American Red Cross instructor, was excited to prepare the schedule of sessions for 2004. The two-day course includes both first aid and adult CPR training.
Stracener said, "The purpose of the training at UW-Platteville is to increase the number of people on campus that have the skills and knowledge to assess an emergency situation, and provide basic care if they choose to become involved and it is safe for them to do so."
The objective of the American Red Cross is to enable individuals to provide basic care during an emergency until advanced medical personnel arrive and take over. UW-Platteville neither requires nor expects any employee to provide emergency assistance to any other person, except when such action is explicitly specified within an employee's official position.
Many times individuals fear becoming involved in a situation where aid is required, and understandably with lawsuit prevalence so rampant in our current age. However, in Wisconsin we have the "Good Samaritan" Statute ยค895.48, which enables a person to extend care in good faith and be immune from civil liability for his or her acts.
With that said, the opportunity to become certified in first aid and CPR now exists monthly at UW-Platteville in the East and West Rooms of the Pioneer Student Center. Stracener can accommodate 10 students. He involves his students in class lecture and encourages everyone with the hands-on training, while expressly promoting the necessity of earning a standard first aid certification.
The spring semester schedule is offered on Jan. 22 and 23, Feb. 3 and 11, March 3 and 11, April 29 and 30, and May 3 and 11. The summer schedule is on June 3 and 11, and July 6 and 12. All dates run from 8 a.m. to noon with the first date covering the first aid training and the second date the CPR training.
Employees and student employees can enroll free of charge, while students not employed by UW-Platteville are required to pay $3.
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