ENMU-R TC Newsletter
ENMU-Roswell EMS CTC, PO Box 6000, Roswell NM 88202-6000
505-624-7249, 1-800-243-6687 ext. 249
Spring 2006
February is National Heart
Month!
This would be a good time to
start or continue doing
Community CPR courses, Jump
rope for Heart, Hoops for Heart,
or Heart Walk.
If you would like more
information on any of these
programs, log onto the AHA web
site.
Just a few reminders:
If you are teaching a Friends and
Family class there is no charge for
the cards. However, AHA and
ENMU-R TC are keeping track of
all those courses taught. Please
mail those rosters as soon as the
class is taught. Rosters that
are more than 10 days will
have a late fee of 10.00. This
will not apply to the Training
Sites.
We are still receiving copies of
rosters; please remember to send
in the originals. Starting NOW,
please send a summary of the
rosters, for the TC is running out
of room to store such items. If
you needing assistance on how to
do this, let the TC know and
someone can help.
To clarify any misconceptions:
ALL CARDS HAVE A FEE (with
the exception of Friends and
Family). If you have any
questions, please call.
Checks need to be made out to
and mailed to ENMU-R EMS TC;
this will ensure the process of
issuing cards in a timely manner.
If you would like to pay with a
Credit Card, ENMU-R now
accepts all major Credit Cards.
There is a space for this
information on the roster.
along with the memo, will be
sent out. These reports must
be sent back. The TC is
required to keep copies of all
cards, course reports, and
changes in any information.
Phone calls will not be
Rosters need to be PRINTED! accepted, unless you did not
If rosters are difficult to read, it
receive a report and memo.
will be sent back to the
instructor. This in turn this will Equipment and Tool Kits:
delay the students receiving their When renting equipment from
provider cards. Rosters that
ENMU-R, it is your
are more than 10 days will
responsibility to make sure the
have a late fee of 10.00.
equipment is cleaned and
If the TC staff is unable to read
ready for the next instructor.
your (the instructor) name, you
This needs to be done as a
will NOT get credit for that class. common courtesy for your
And if you do not have enough
fellow instructors. Effective
classes at the end of your
immediately, any instructor
certification, then you will not be returning dirty equipment will
renewed. Please make sure that be charged a cleaning fee.
you Print your name.
The tool kits need to come
back within 3 days after the
Passing score is 84%. If you last day of the course. please
did remediation with the student make sure they are complete.
the highest score that the
student can receive is 84%. This Instructors will be charged for
includes ACLS, BLS (all levels)
all tool kits not returned.
and PALS.
Instructor Student ratio is 6:1
The American Heart
Max 8:1.
Association’s web address
is www.cpr-ecc.org,
Remember: all rosters must
www.americanheart.org
have evaluations attached,
and go CPR-ECC and then
unless you are doing a summary, click on Instructor information.
which also must be attached.
Renewals
Starting in 2006, if your
instructor card needs to be
renewed then, the course report
ECC Chair:
Pamela Lantz, RN, UNM
BLS National Faculty:
John Bridges, RRT, NREMT-P
ENMU-R TC
ACLS National Faculty:
Kyle Henson, NREMT-P
ENMU-R
PALS National Faculty:
Mike Buldra, NREMT-P.ENMU-R
TC
Web sites:
AHA
www.americanheart.org
The American Heart
Association’s web address is
www.cpr-ecc.org
ANNOUNCMENTS:
Starting January 1, 2006, we will
no longer accept rosters with just
one student on it.
Any instructor who teaches for
another Training Center is
More and More
welcome to do this, the one thing
ENMU-Roswell now has more 20 that needs to be done is a
Training Sites, and around 500
Teaching Activity Report must
instructors.
be filled out and sent to the
ECC Leadership
appropriate TC.
For New Mexico
I encourage all instructors
to teach, whether it be BLS,
Regional Manager
ACLS, or PALS.
Our regional manager is
Remember that if you need to
Michelle Hubbard-Pitts. She is teach classes to keep up you
based out of Colorado/Wyoming instructorship, call, for we can
and now New Mexico.
always find a class somewhere in
Michelle can be reached at
the State of New Mexico.
1280 S. Parker Rd.
Denver, CO 80231
New
303.996.8043 - office
As many of you know already
888.CPR.LINE - toll free
AHA is changing or updating
303.369.8087 - fax
information. As soon as the
email
National Facility returns from
michelle.hubbard@heart.org.
Dallas, notices will be sent out to
If you have any questions or
all instructors as to the times and
concerns, please contact Peggy at dates of the roll outs for all
ENMU-R.
instructors.
FYI
Do you know that the AHA
instructor portal is almost up and
running? This will assist you and
the Training Center with all of the
new changes that are happening.
If you need help with getting into
this portal, please call the
Training Center. Plus, Peggy
always enjoys talking the
instructors.
Check it out,
www.roswell.enmu.edu, go to
program home pages, EMS and
scroll down to CTC.
Did you know that BLS, ACLS
and PALS are now online? What
this means is that a student may
take the course on line and the
skills “test off” with an instructor.
When turning in those types of
rosters, copies of the certificate
MUST accompany the roster.
Mike Buldra –ENMU-R Training
Center Coordinator
Peggy Harelson, Assistant
Coordinator
ENMU-R
P O BOX 6000
ROSWELL NM 88202-600
624-7249
1-800-243-6687 EXT 249
Please always remember that
if you have any questions you
can call the Training Center.