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I'm a CPR/AED instructor for the American Heart Association through Williamson County EMS, and I know that we'd be happy to teach more classes for library staff. In Williamson County, if you have an AED installed in your library, you need to have enough staff trained at the Heartsaver AED level to have someone available to use it at any time. I don't know if any library has needed to use one, but I do know that shortly after I taught the class at Round Rock Public Library last year one of their staff recognized the signs and symptoms of a heart attack in one of their patrons and summoned EMS, which was very exciting. For first aid, I've probably needed to use my first aid skills in libraries half a dozen times over the past five years, and only twice in any kind of a serious situation (one, a fall in the parking lot, and the other, a patron who injured himself elsewhere and came to the library to get help). The AHA and Red Cross both offer first aid classes, though they're mostly about common sense in my opinion. If you're in Williamson County and would like more information about CPR classes, contact Louis Gonzales at Williamson County EMS ([EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> or 512-943-1223). As a general rule, the only charge for the classes is for materials and supplies. You can't reuse books, particularly now as the protocols have changed in the past few months and all the books have been updated. In other areas, contact your local EMS provider or see the list of course offerings on the AHA site: http://www.americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=3012360 <http://www.americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=3012360> If you have tapes or DVDs for checkout by your patrons, you probably should look into replacing them, as again the AHA is updating all their materials to reflect the current medical recommendations. Danielle Cunniff Plumer, Coordinator Texas Heritage Digitization Initiative Texas State Library and Archives Commission 512.463.5852 (phone) / 512.936.2306 (fax) [EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
