Update: CPR course is still available! Surf rescue part of class is full. Click here for more details below. (9/30/05)

If you saw someone unconscious in the surf, would you know what to do? Learn critical life saving techniques, including assisting conscious and unconscious victims in the ocean, using a surfboard as a rescue device, cervical spine immobilization, rescue breathing, bleeding control, lifeguard water carries, PWC-assisted rescues, and basic CPR.

SurfPulse, Half Moon Bay Parks & Recreation, Half Moon Bay Fire Department, Pillar Point Harbor, and K38 Rescue are offering this class at below cost. In other words, most of the instructors and agencies involved are donating their time and resources to teach these invaluable techniques.

Half Moon Bay Fire department will teach American Heart Association's 2-3 hour "CPR for Family and Friends" (more details below). Afterwards, students will learn hands-on, ocean rescue techniques from key rescuers of HMB Fire Department's Surf Rescue Unit, Pillar Point Harbor, and K38 Water Safety at Pillar Point Harbor. Each water rescue veteran has done water rescues in the huge surf at Maverick's and other extremely hazardous conditions.

The 2-3 hour water portion of the class is tailored to surfers, but all ocean enthusiasts that can swim are encouraged to attend! Most of the water techniques will be done in calm water, but advanced students may get to venture out with instructors into the surf as time and surf conditions permit. All students of water portion of class MUST be good swimmers.

CLASS DETAILS:
Time: 9 AM - 4 PM
Date: Saturday, October 22, 2005
Cost: $45/person (register with Half Moon Bay Parks & Recreation Dept.)
Class size: 20 (This class will fill up, so you must register early! You can register starting Sept. 5th with Parks & Rec., whose contact info. is below).
Location of Part 1 (classroom portion) of class: Half Moon Bay Fire Department, 1191 Main Street, Half Moon Bay, CA 94019 Map of HMB Fire Dept
Location of Part 2 (water rescue portion) of class: Pillar Point Harbor, park in Parking Lot C, meet on beach next to launch ramp. Pillar Point Harbor is the harbor just north of Surfer's Beach a.k.a. "The Jetty." Map of Pillar Point Harbor
Directions: From San Francisco, turn right on Capistrano, which is the first light in Princeton and it's right before the Jetty, towards Pillar Point Harbor, take your first left into parking lot.

For information about registration for the class, contact Half Moon Bay Parks & Recreation Dept. at 535 Kelly Ave, HMB, CA or call (650) 726-8297. You may register as early as September 5, 2005.

For more information about details of the class, contact SurfPulse.

The CPR course, and CPR Certification, are still available!
The surf rescue portion of the SurfPulse Surf Rescue & CPR course is filled up, but there is a waiting/alternate list, in case anyone backs out last minute. Register for the class. If you don't get to attend, you will receive a full refund from HMB Parks & Rec.

As of 9/30/05, we can still accommodate another 15 people for CPR. Participants, who want to take "Friends & Family CPR" only, may take the course for only $31.25/person. If you'd like to get fully certified in CPR, you may take the full version of the CPR course- which will go another 2 1/2 to 3 hours beyond the initial 2-3 hours of "Friends & Family CPR"- and the cost is $56.25/person.

Half Moon Bay Fire Department teaches this CPR course, and certification is authorized by the American Heart Association. All proceeds cover expenses of HMB Fire and HMB Parks & Rec. All portions of this course are not-for-profit! Most of the instructors are donating their time and resources for the attendees (and the general public's) benefit.

To everyone that's expressed interest in these classes: THANK YOU for taking a day out of your busy lives to learn things that could save a fellow surfer's life!

CPR for Family and Friends
Class description from http://www.americanheart.org.

Course Description
The CPR for Family and Friends awareness program is modular and teaches rescuers skills in CPR and relief of choking (foreign-body airway obstruction). It presents information about the American Heart Association adult Chain of Survival and signs of heart attack, cardiac arrest, stroke and choking in adults. The course also presents information on the American Heart Association pediatric infant and child Chain of Survival, signs of choking in infants and children, how to reduce risk of sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS), and prevention of the most common fatal injuries in infants and children.

Course Length

• Adult: 2 1/3 hours

Intended Audience
All lay rescuers, such as schoolchildren, family members of patients at risk for sudden cardiac death, and other laypersons who want to learn rescue skills for loved ones.

Student Materials

• CPR for Family and Friends Text, Required

Instructor Materials

• BLS Instructor's Manual
• CPR for Family and Friends Video Set

Card Type:

• Course attendance card (in book)

Written/Skills Exam: