The RRPC Board of Directors will be hosting the first Spring Cook-out on April 11 in the Pavillion before the April Membership Meeting. This first Cook-out will be sponsored by the Board and free of charge.
RRPC First-Aid Training Saturday, April 13
The Rivanna
Rifle and Pistol Club will offer first-aid training 8:45 a.m. - 3:00
p.m., Saturday, April 13 at the RRPC clubhouse.
This class
will cover American Heart Association's Heartsaver/AED and Stop the
Bleed programs. It includes lecture and hands-on skill
practice on
how to:
- Perform
high-quality CPR
- Use an
AED
- Recognize
life-threatening bleeding
- Use
tourniquets
- Use
compression bandages
- Wound
packing
-
Recognizing and treating environmental hypothermia
- Treat to
prevent hypothermia caused by trauma
The class
is open to all persons, RRPC members and non-members alike. The fee for
the class will be $30.00 per person if you want the American Heart
Association's Heartsaver card or $10.00 if you DO NOT want the card. If
you would like a copy of the Heart Saver student workbook used during
the class, there will be an additional charge of $5 charge for that.
For additional information about the training, visit:
https://cpr.heart.org/en/cpr-courses-and-kits/heartsaver ;
and
https://www.stopthebleed.org.
We have a
limited number of seats for this session (20) that are being offered on
a first-come, first-serve basis. We will, however, offer future
classes. The frequency of those classes will depend on the level of
interest in the club.
To reserve
a seat for the April 13 class, please send an email request to:
Jerry
Pownall, jdpownall@embarqmail.com.
Class will
start promptly at 9:00 a.m., so you must arrive by 08:45 to complete
registration.
Please
direct your questions to:
Kim Smalley
(oddsrevenva@gmail.com)
or
Jerry
Pownall (jdpownall@embarqmail.com).
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