Emergency Preparedness

Automated external defibrillators (AEDs) are in all major campus buildings as a safety measure for cardiac crisis events. These portable devices are located in easy-access points, primarily on the first floor of buildings. In buildings you frequent, please be aware of where you can find the closest AED. The AED will coach untrained responders on operating the device with voice commands. It checks for heart rhythm and will send an electric shock to restore the heart back to a normal rhythm if it is deemed necessary.

The Campus AED Program Guide outlines the availability, maintenance, and proper use of AEDs on the Auraria Campus. In addition, it outlines roles and responsibilities to ensure program compliance and success.

Questions:
Eric Leath
Emergency Preparedness Manager
Auraria Higher Education Center
[email protected] | 303-556-3295

This two-hour course teaches participants basic life-saving medical interventions:

• Bleeding control with a tourniquet
• Bleeding control with gauze packs or topical hemostatic agents
• Opening an airway to allow a casualty to breathe

This National Association of Emergency Medical Technicians (NAEMT) course is for civilians with limited or no medical training who wish to learn evidence-based, life-saving bleeding control techniques that can dramatically increase casualty survival.

Questions:
Eric Leath
Emergency Preparedness Manager
Auraria Higher Education Center
[email protected] | 303-556-3295

Date: August 17, 2017
Session Options: 9:30–10:30 a.m. or 10:30–11:30 a.m.
Who: Auraria Campus Faculty, Staff, and Students

Location: King Center, Room 155
With demonstrations outside near the King Center dock

Fully charged and properly maintained portable fire extinguishers can help minimize injuries and damage to the campus. The Denver Fire Code requires that portable fire extinguishers be present in homes and businesses, and that they be mounted, located, and identified so they are readily accessible. Since portable fire extinguishers are only as effective as the user, the Fire Prevention and Investigation Division offers training to help ensure that employees have the confidence and skills necessary to take action should a fire occur on campus.

The Denver Fire Department Training includes:

• Overview of the fire protection equipment installed in on campus
• Review of proper procedures and fire evacuation routes
• Alertness to fire hazards
• Review of the types of fire extinguishers and their proper use
• Identification of the classes of fires and how each is fought
• Indoor or outdoor hands-on experience

Click to Register for Fire Extinguisher Training

Questions:
Eric Leath
Emergency Preparedness Manager
Auraria Higher Education Center
[email protected] | 303-556-3295

Heartsaver® First Aid CPR AED is a classroom, video-based, instructor-led course that teaches students critical skills needed to respond to and manage a first aid, choking, or sudden cardiac arrest emergency in the first few minutes until emergency medical services (EMS) arrive. In this course, students learn how to treat bleeding, sprains, broken bones, shock, and other first aid emergencies. This course also teaches adult and infant CPR and AED use.

Upon successful completion of the course, which includes a first aid, CPR, and AED skills test, students receive a Heartsaver First Aid CPR AED course completion card, which is valid for two years. The seminar is limited to 25 participants, so register early to ensure a seat.

Questions:
Eric Leath
Emergency Preparedness Manager
Auraria Higher Education Center
[email protected] | 303-556-3295