Kuakini provides approved American Heart Association (AHA) courses each month for employees and community participants to learn and practice life saving skills with their classmates. Times for employee courses and community courses are listed in the boxes below. Classes are held in the Parking Building (PB) classrooms on the ground floor located by Education Services. Class duration may vary depending upon class size. Please contact Education Services at (808) 547-9566 to register or for more information.
Cost
There is no cost to Kuakini employees for ANY of the CPR classes. For an ACLS class, a refundable check of $60 is required. Please make checks payable to Kuakini Medical Center.
Fees vary for community participants depending on the type of CPR class that is chosen. Fees cover both the class and the student workbook and are due prior to registration. Fees may be paid by cash, check, or credit/debit card and must be done upon registration. Please make checks payable to Kuakini Medical Center.
Cards
Employees: Please pick up your CPR or ACLS card from the Human Resources office at the end of the class.
Community participants: A First Aid and/or CPR card will be issued to you at the end of the class by the instructor.
EDUCATION SERVICES DEPARTMENT
2013 COURSE SCHEDULE
Basic Life Support for Healthcare Providers
This course is for healthcare professionals who need to know how to provide Cardio-Pulmonary Resuscitation (CPR), use an Automatic External Defibrillator (AED), and relieve choking in a safe, timely and effective manner for adult, child, and/or infant victim/s in a wide variety of in-hospital and out-of-hospital settings.
Course Content:
- Key changes in basic life support, reflecting the new science from the 2010 American Heart Association Guidelines for Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation and Emergency Cardiovascular Care
- Critical concepts of high-quality CPR
- The American Heart Association Chain of Survival
- Rescuer CPR and AED for adult, child and infant
- Differences between adult, child and infant rescue techniques
- Bag-mask techniques for adult, child and infant
- Rescue breathing for adult, child and infant
- Relief of choking for adult, child and infant
- CPR with an advanced airway. (This is an introduction to the compression/ventilation rate and ratio for a patient who has an advanced airway in place.)
Employees (8 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.)
| January 7 |
July 12 |
| February 4 |
August 5 |
| March 4 |
September 6 |
| April 2 |
October 4
|
| May 16 |
November 7 |
| June 14 |
December 9 |
Community (8 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.)
| January 25 |
July 17 |
| February 21 |
August 16 |
| March 21 |
September 20 |
| April 24 |
October 25
|
| May 22 |
November 20 |
| June 19 |
December 27 |
A community course fee of $70 is required prior to registration.
Basic Life Support for Healthcare Providers Recertification
This course is for healthcare professionals who are current in their CPR certification, but require ongoing certification.
Course Content: Certification course content in an abbreviated format.
Employees (8 a.m. to noon)
| January 3 & 21 |
July 8, 23 & 24 |
| February 14 & 28 |
August 20 |
| March 7 & 22 |
September 4 & 18 |
| April 15 & 19 |
October 14 |
| May 3, 17, 28 & 31 |
November 1 & 26 |
| June 21 |
December 19 |
Employees (Noon to 3:30 p.m.)
| January 9 |
July 19 |
| February 1 & 22 |
August 2 & 28 |
| March 18 |
September 13 |
| April 5 & 30 |
October 1 & 30 |
| May 24 |
November 15 |
| June 6 & 24 |
December 10 & 30 |
Community (8 a.m. to noon)
| January 31 |
July 26 |
| February 27 |
August 30 |
| March 29 |
September 27 |
| April 29 |
October 31 |
| May 23 |
November 29 |
| June 28 |
December 31 |
A community course fee of $50 is required prior to registration.
Heartsaver AED
This course is for anyone with limited or no medical training who needs a course completion card in CPR and AED for job, regulatory or other requirements. The course also teaches how to relieve choking in an adult.
Course Content:
- Key changes reflecting the new science from the 2010 American Heart Association Guidelines for Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation and Emergency Cardiovascular Care
- Adult CPR and AED use
- Optional modules in child CPR and AED use and infant CPR, including child and infant choking
Employees (8 to 11 a.m.)
| January 4 |
July 10 |
| February 19 |
August 19 |
| March 1 |
September 5 |
| April 26 |
October 28 |
| May 10 |
November 11 |
June 26 |
December 23 |
Employees (1 to 3:30 p.m.)
| January 23 |
July 22 |
| February 8 |
August 9 |
| March 20 |
Septemer 16 |
| April 16 |
October 16 |
| May 30 |
November 22 |
| June 20 |
December 13 |
Community(1 to 3:30 p.m.)
| January 31 |
July 26 |
| February 27 |
August 30 |
| March 29 |
Septemer 27 |
| April 29 |
October 31 |
| May 23 |
November 29 |
| June 28 |
December 31 |
A community course fee of $50 is required prior to registration.
Heart Saver First Aid and AED
This course is for anyone with limited or no medical training who needs a course completion card in first aid, CPR and AED for job, regulatory or other requirements. The course instructs students how to respond to and manage first aid emergencies such as bleeding, sprains, broken bones, shock, choking and other first aid emergencies. Participants are also taught how to respond to a sudden cardiac arrest emergency and the use of an AED.
Course Content:
- Key changes reflecting the new science from the 2010 American Heart Association Guidelines for Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation and Emergency Cardiovascular Care
- First aid basics
- Medical emergencies
- Injury emergencies
- Environmental emergencies
- Adult CPR and AED use
8 a.m. – 2:30 p.m.
March 6
June 10
September 30
December 11
A community course fee of $70 is required prior to registration.
ACLS Recertification
Currently only for Kuakini Medical Center employees
8 a.m. – 4 p.m.
February 6 & 20
May 1 & 29
August 7 & 21
November 13
Course refundable deposit is $60 (includes student manual)
Click here for a PDF version of the 2013 Course Schedule.
For more information, please call Education Services at (808) 547-9566.
Health Screenings
Kuakini is also offering CT Virtual Colonography as a screening tool for the more traditional invasive colonoscopy procedure. Using the CT scanner, a physician can perform a quick and easy virtual colonogram and determine if a follow-up colonoscopy is necessary. This new application may save patients from undergoing more uncomfortable diagnostic procedures.
This new application could also benefit a segment of the population who physically can't or refuse to have a traditional colon exam. Call the Executive Health Program at (808) 547-9712 for more information.
In a single breathhold, using Kuakini's 64-slice CT scanner, the extent of coronary calcium deposits can be assessed without extensive patient preparation or use of contrast agents.
This procedure is called Coronary Artery (Calcium) Scoring and can be done with a quick and comfortable CT scan exam.
Kuakini's CT scanner uses SmartScore, a software application that uses an efficient and logical graphical user interface to ensure that patient assessments are accomplished quickly.
The calcium scoring exam provided by Kuakini uses data acquired from images taken by the CT scanner and assigns a numerical or score to the patient. The score is then used as a risk assessment for the patient. Coronary artery calcification, along with other patient risk factors, can be used to aid physicians in assessing the overall risk factors for coronary artery disease in individuals. Call the Executive Health Program at (808) 547-9712 for more information.
