ProfHacker...Medical Emergencies in the Classroom

I am a big fan of ProfHacker. Every morning when I turn on my computer I try to at least read the ProfHacker posts in The Chronicle of Higher Education. (Thanks Pima for the subscription, although you can read ProfHacker from their blog without logging in to The Chronicle.)

I have learned much about technology, MOOCs, organization and even learned from their mistakes, which they are nice enough to share. Today's post was "Medical Emergencies in the Classroom." Luckily, my library sessions have never had a medical emergency, and much of what is said is common sense, but still nice to be reminded.

The top points in the article were:

• Know who to call in an emergency. For us it would be the campus police dispatch at x2700, or 911.

• If you teach in a space with unrealiable cell phone coverage, know where the closest landline phone is.  We are fortunate that Pima has a landline in every classroom. 

• Take a first aid / CPR class. Again, Pima Occupational & Professional Development (OPD) offers a first aid class. 

• To see all of the OPD courses, go to Pima's INTRANET (via MyPima) and in the search box type in Professional Development Calendar.
• The link to the calendar is in the first bullet under the first heading (Organization and Profession Dev) 
• I don't see a search box for searching the calendar, so do a "FIND" (CTRL F) for first aid. It looks like the next first aid class is February 28th. The directions for registering are at the top of the page.

• If the student has a friend in the class, it might be comforting to have that person stay 
• Finally, secure the student's valuables - purse, laptop, backback, wallet, etc. 

 Again, all this is not new information, but a nice reminder of what to do if something were to happen.