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District 7 Auxiliary attends 2007 U.S. CG Innovation EXPO William Tejeiro VFC 67 Page 20 The 2007 U.S Coast Guard Innovation Expo was held this year at the New Orleans Louisiana Convention Center on October 29 through November 1. This yearly meeting is designed to promote and display innovative solutions and technologies to meet the ever changing mission requirements of the US Coast Guard and Department of Dr George Yacus, MLC LANT, and an Innovation Council member with Brian Lichtenstein Homeland Security. Participants PA-C , Manager AUX Health and Safety, Lant Area East, at the Auxiliary Medical Booth. Dr in this event typi- Yacus was instrumental in obtaining the grant for CPR equipment. cally include exhibitors from government, academia, defense contractors, U.S. Coast Guard and this year, the U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary. District Seven Auxiliary members, Mr. Brian Lichtenstein, PA-C, and Dr. William Tejeiro, FAWM, attended as credentialed members of the US Coast Guard Health Services Program and American Heart Association / Military Training Network Faculty for Basic Cardiac Life Support. For the last five years Auxiliarist Lichtenstein has been providing CPR and First Aid training to Team Coast Guard in South Florida. Under an existing Coast Guard Memorandum of Understanding, he became an MTN Instructor. Soon after, a training course was held that increased to eleven the number of instructors, and created the first CG Auxiliary/MTN satellite, located in Miami, Florida. Last year, over 300 persons were certified in CPR by our team. Recently another instructor class was held, raising the total to 18 instructors in District Seven East, from Key West to Virgin Islands, to Ft Pierce. The AUX/MTN CPR Training satellite was nominated for an Innovation Award. Although the Program did not win, a $10,000 Grant was awarded to purchase additional CPR manikins and related equipment. As a nominee for this year’s Innovation Award, the CPR Program was invited to set up a display booth at the Expo. This exhibit was very well received. Interest in the program came from senior officers from other parts of the country who are paying commercial rates to ob-
Page 21 tain this training. They were amazed to learn that in Sector Miami, CPR training is available on short notice and at virtually no cost. There are approximately 19,000 members of the Coast Guard who require certification annually throughout the nation. The CPR Program fills a tremendous need for this training at minimal cost. Commercial rates range from approximately $50 for a recertification class, to almost a hundred dollars for the basic class. Our program costs are to maintain the equipment, purchase face shields, and replace manuals when Heart Association makes updates. At this time, we are trying to expand the program to use all the new manikins just purchased with the Innovation Grant. The limiting factor now is finding enough instructors. Another instructor class is anticipated by this spring. This is a program that the gold side greatly appreciates. Should your local Station or Sector not have a means of obtaining these classes locally at minimal cost, you may want to see if there are Auxiliarists who can provide it. You can also contact your nearest MTN site to take their instructor class. Then you can provide this type of program in your area. We would like to thank all those who have supported and promoted this program from its beginning in Division Three, District Seven. With the continued support from Rear Admiral David Kunkel, Commander, Seventh Coast Guard District, David Allen, District Seven DIR- AUX, Steven Budar, National Commodore, as well as Sector Miami and Integrated Support Command Miami, we look forward to an even more successful program in 2008. Ω Below: William Tejeiro, VFC 67, poses with Rear Admiral David Kunkel, Commanding Officer of Coast Guard, District Seven. Photo by Brian Lichtenstein, ADSO-PB D7.
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Page 7 and 8: Rear Commodore North Ronald Goldenb
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