Education
Gunnison Valley Health System is committed to excellence in both employee
and public education. We offer a variety of classes for the current or
aspiring HealthCare Provider as well as the general public. We support
the advancement of individual skills in the arena of emergency service
and community response.
Due to our remote location, empowering our community members to respond
effectively to control a hemorrhage as well as provide hands only CPR
will save a life and possible lives of our community members. Learn to
save lives and become certified in Stop the Bleed and Hands only CPR.
Please note: Stop the Bleed classes have been postponed until 2021.
Courses We Offer
Gunnison Valley Health provides a range of educational courses. All of
our resuscitation courses follow the American Heart Association (AHA)
guidelines and our instructors are AHA certified. See course descriptions
below and follow the link to our course registration page.
- Heartsaver CPR - Instructor-led training and blended learning courses available
- Heartsaver First Aid - nstructor-led training and blended learning courses available
- HeartCode Basic Life Support (BLS) - Blended learning courses
- S.T.A.B.L.E (non AHA course)
Heartsaver Courses:
Heartsaver courses are intended for anyone with little or no medical training
who needs a course completion card for job, regulatory (e.g. OSHA), or
other requirements. These courses can also be taken by anyone who wants
to be prepared for an emergency in any setting. General public who have
successfully completed this course include guides, teachers, daycare providers
and those who do not work in a clinical patient care role. AHA’s
Heartsaver First Aid course and Heartsaver CPR AED course will provide
students the knowledge and skills that may help save a life.
AHA’s Heartsaver CPR AED. Although much is being done to prevent death from heart problems, cardiac
arrest is still one of the leading causes of death in the United States.
The skills learned in this course will help students recognize cardiac
arrest, get emergency care on the way quickly, and help the student until
more advanced care arrives to take over.
AHA’s Heartsaver First Aid This course provides the basics of first aid for most common life-threatening
emergencies, covering how to recognize them, how to call for help, and
how to perform lifesaving skills.
AHA’s Heartsaver combined First Aid CPR AED. This course combines all of the information covered in Heartsaver CPR AED
and Heartsaver First Aid into one online course. The skills check-off
for this course covers both disciplines.
Gunnison Valley Health offers two Heartsaver Course options to meet the
needs of students: Instructor-led training and blended learning. Both
formats include the same learning objectives and result in the same course
completion card.
Courses will typically be held at Gunnison Valley Health. If your business
has a large class, please contact Caitlin (cpound@gvh-colorado.org) in regards to AHA instructors coming to your company’s location.
1. Instructor-led training: This course is conducted in a classroom setting and features group interaction
and hands-on coaching and feedback from an AHA Instructor.
2. Blended learning: This course includes an online portion and a hands-on portion. The online
portion can be completed at work, at home, or wherever you have internet
access. Upon successful completion of the online portion, students will
attend hands-on skills practice and testing session conducted in-person
with an AHA Instructor.
HeartCode Basic Life Support (BLS):
This course is intended for
healthcare professionals and other personnel who need to know how to perform CPR and other basic
cardiovascular life support skills in a wide variety of in-facility and
prehospital settings.
AHA’s BLS Course provides the foundation for saving lives after cardiac
arrest. Updated to reflect new science as it emerges, this course teaches
the concepts of high-quality CPR, improvement of chest compression fraction
and high-performing team dynamics.
Gunnison Valley Health offers this course as a blended learning course.
This course includes an online portion and a hands-on portion. The online
portion can be completed at work, at home, or wherever you have internet
access. Upon successful completion of the online portion, students will
attend hands-on skills practice and testing session conducted in-person
with an AHA Instructor.
S.T.A.B.L.E:
S.T.A.B.L.E is the most widely distributed and implemented neonatal education
program to focus exclusively on the post-resuscitation/pre-transport stabilization
care of sick infants. Based on a mnemonic to optimize learning, retention
and recall of information, S.T.A.B.L.E stands for the six assessment and
care modules in the program: Sugar, Temperature, Airway, Blood Pressure,
Lab Work, and Emotional Support. A seventh module, Quality Improvement
stresses communication and teamwork as well as the professional responsibility
of evaluating care provided to sick infants, with the ultimate goal of
improving future care. This course is offered by Children’s Hospital Colorado.