After a quick room change from the Phyllis and Charles Self Learning Center to the Syre Student Center, room 107/108 the opening bell was so sonorous (go ahead, look it up) in response to the thwack Pres. Steve Ban gave it at the crack of 12:30. And it was only a short searching for the right button to get the music (recorded of our own John Harris) on the screen and sung.
Steve then expounded on the Paul Harris quote of the week. “There is strength in unity, let’s work together for a better world.” He basically said that working together we can accomplish so much more than we can individually.
Guests:
Nathan Twining introduced our speaker, Steve Cohen.
Shauna Naf introduced Austin Ellison interested in learning more about Rotary. He is a student and moving back to Boise soon.
Sue Parsons introduced our exchange student, Haset McKuria from Ethiopia and Ambre from France
Monty McAllister introduced our exchange student, Keisuke Yamagishi from Japan
Bill Day brought Ryan Ferries
Rick Kaiser introduced Paul Pelot, Veterans' Employment Rep at WorkSource Whatcom
Felicity Dye brought her 11th month old grand daughter, Mataia
Members on Zoom: Loch Trimingham, Mike Bradburn and Fred Kaiser
Club Events and Committee Announcements
Rotary Meeting date change:
The May 12th meeting will be changed from a noon meeting to a dinner meeting at Lombardi's, 21 Bellwether Way Ste. 112 with spouses invited at 6:00 pm.
We will hold a short business portion and then an evening of socializing.
We will meet in the private dining room with a Super Club Menu for $29.00 each with individual checks.
We must confirm numbers by May 5th so please register on this Clubrunner Event page. Below is the registration page.
May 24th 12-3: Whatcom Memorial Day Parade we will march. Please Sign-up to get last minute meeting instructions on our Clubrunner Website Click here
May 25th we will have a Rotary booth in Fairhaven at the Ski to Sea event. Be sure and visit.
Club Announcements:
The 5050 District Conference is coming up 2-4 May at the Tulalip Event Center. The district governor has kept the reduced “early registration” price until 10 April. Take advantage of this. Register here
Roland Trenouth thanked all who made the meal packing day such a huge success. 42,240 meals were packed and over $13,000 was donated for the ingredients. Really well done by all who were involved. It was great to see so many young people there. Our exchange students worked their little fannies off.
Past Pres. Doug Cole auctioned off an airplane ride to view the tulip fields in the next couple weeks. Monte took the ride for $300.
Paul Pelot, Veterans' Employment Representative for WorkSource Whatcom highlighted his close friend's resume after he was unable to attend at the last minute.
CAREER HIGHLIGHTS
Rapidly developed comprehensive safety programs for Tidal Vision, LLC, from 2 Safety Documents to 50+ Programs within 6 months, to ensure company met WISHA and OSHA Safety Codes, as well as General Industry requirements.
Innovated Award-Winning Safety Measures to account for 3K+ people at evacuation sites by utilizing existing infrastructure and employee identification swipe cards, as FSO at BP Cherry Point.
Commended for Whole-Refinery Evacuation Accountability Program for Emergency Response, achieving Zero Fatalities or LWDIs, OSHA Rate of 0.69, and Zero Violent Acts in the workplace, as FSO at BP Cherry Point, 2009.
At this point Nathan Twining introduced Steve Cohen to do a presentation on CPR. He has been working on CPR for over 44 years. Cardiac arrest occurs mostly in the home. A four-step solution to the problem follows: The first step is to recognize the problem, then call 911, start CPR, and use the AED. After, professional response entails EMS and then hospital care. Steve said that they consider survival occurred if the patient can walk out of the hospital neurologically intact. Their brains work. They may need physical and/or occupational therapy, but their brains work. The success rate depends on many factors. Our county has a survival rate of about 40%. Steve is working to improve that.
Mr. Cohen went on to list four concerns or fears that the general public have about administering CPR. First is mouth to mouth resuscitation. The solution is to perform chest compression only. The fear of harming the patient (breaking ribs) is ameliorated by a point of view that says that broken ribs are better than death. Any concern about legal ramifications is taken care of by the Good Samaritan Law. And lastly, fear that you are physically unable should be answered by always doing your best to perform.
Steve explained how chest compression works – basically doing the job of the heart and lungs until the EMTs arrive and can take over. There is always a concern that an interruption of the CPR will occur. Steve said that every minute that passes without CPR reduces survivorability by 10%. Hands only CPR is basically a two-step process. First you call 911 and get help on the way, then perform CPR.
There were many questions as we moved to the back of the room to the three dummies awaiting. No, none of them were Rotarians. So, we watched Del demonstrate how to do the CPR. My feeling is that he took a course just a while ago so he could perform CPR correctly. If you are going to have a cardiac event, make sure that Del is in the proximity.
A Cliff’s Notes version of CPR:
Recognize the event
Check to see the patient is responsive, moving
Call 011
Place hands correctly and start compressions
Push hard and fast (100-120/minute)
Count
When you tire, stop or switch out
Stop before you drop
Thanks, Steve, for a very informative presentation. And now we all should take a refresher CPR course.
Closing:
The meeting ended with a ringing bell. Listen to the vibrato…
Marty Pease from the LaConner Rotary Club selling tulips
RCOB apparel, including polo shirts, dress shirts, vests and hats is now available. These are items that every Club member simply must have in his/her wardrobe! Besides looking great, Club members will be contributing to branding for the RCOB as well as supporting our Club's Foundation, which will receive part of the proceeds.
Click on the button below for the the clothing catalogue, with the Order Form on the last page. Fill out the order form, turn it into Vinson Latimore at a meeting or email a scanned copy to embroidery@choicesscrubs.com.
