ServSafe Certification

Safe food handling is critical to keeping customers and co-workers safe, protects against the costly nightmare of food borne illness, minimizes insurance costs, reduces liability risks, improves food quality, and ensures compliance with the new Department of Public Health regulations. Offered in association with the National Restaurant Association Educational Foundation, ServSafe is a comprehensive eight-hour course that provides an overview of basic sanitation policies and procedures and prepares you to pass the ServSafe Certification exam given during the last class. ServSafe is recognized by the Department of Public Health and is recommended for all food service managers, supervisors, owners and employees, including cooks, chefs, and wait staff. Students who pass the exam will be awarded the ServSafe Certification by the National Restaurant Association Educational Foundation. Fees cover instruction, materials, and testing.

Instructor: Heidi Riccio, Certified ServSafe Instructor.

425 SVSF1004-RWB: Tu, 5-9pm, 2 wks, 4/24-5/1, $152 + $71 materials fee, Riverwalk
426 SVSF1004-RWC: Tu, 5-9pm, 2 wks, 6/5-6/12, $152 + $71 materials fee, Riverwalk
521 SVSF1004-RWD: Tu, 5-9pm, 2 wks, 7/17-7/24, $152 + $71 materials fee, Riverwalk

ServSafe Recertification

428 SVSF1007-RWB: Tu, 4:30-9pm, one eve, 5/8, $85 + $71 materials fee, Riverwalk

Health Care Provider CPR

Intended for the healthcare provider who cares for patients in a variety of settings, this course teaches CPR for victims of all ages.  Topics include ventilation with a barrier device, bag-mask device, oxygen, use of an automated external defibrillator (AED), and relief of foreign-body airway obstruction (FBAO).  Includes the adult signs of heart attack, cardiac arrest, stroke, and choking.  Students are encouraged to register early, obtain their books from our office and become familiar with the contents prior to the start of class.  Lunch on your own.

Instructors: experienced providers of CPR instruction in a wide variety of settings 

458 HCPR1002-RWC: Sat, 9am-2pm, one day, 3/24, $69 + $26 materials fee, Riverwalk
516 HCPR1002-RWD: Sat, 9am-2pm, one day, 4/28, $69 + $26 materials fee, Riverwalk
517 HCPR1002-RWE: Sat, 9am-2pm, one day, 5/19, $69 + $26 materials fee, Riverwalk
518 HCPR1002-RWF: Sat, 9am-2pm, one day, 7/21, $69 + $26 materials fee, Riverwalk

THE CENTER FOR CLINICAL EXCELLENCE: CONTINUING EDUCATION FOR HEALTHCARE PROFESSIONALS
The Center for Clinical Excellence offers a variety of high quality, affordable, continuing education courses for a variety of allied healthcare professionals taught by top notch faculty who are licensed healthcare professionals with extensive experience in their repsective fields.  Learn important new developments in these CEU classes and refreshers designed to meet your state certification and national registry requirements.

SLEEP TECHNOLOGY

Introduction to PSG Scoring
This workshop is geared to the night technologist who would like to begin PSG scoring, for those looking for a review on current practice as well as anyone studying for the registry exam.  Students will gain hands on experience scoring actual sleep studies using the latest AASM guidelines.  This class is limited to 12 students insuring a low student to instructor ratio.  This qualifies for CECs from the AAST and includes a light lunch.

Instructor:  John Murray, MPH, RRT, RPSGT

455 CEHP1013-RWA: Sat, 9am-4pm, one day, 4/28, $149 (includes lunch & $10 capital fee), Riverwalk

Sleep Technology Exam Review Course
Feel more confident and better prepared to pass the RPSGT, American Board of Sleep Medicine Technologist Certification and/or the Sleep Disorders Specialty Examination after completion of this intensive exam prep course.  While the focus is on the RPSGT exam, this review is also great preparation for the other credentialing exams, too.  Qualifies for CECs from the AAST and AARC. 

Instructors:  Christopher Rowse, MS, RRT, RPSGT, and Forrest Broderick, RPSGT

Offered again in Fall 2012!

RESPIRATORY THERAPY

Pulmonary Function Testing Specialty Exam Review  NEW!
You’ll cover the critical elements of the CPFT and RPFT specialty respiratory therapy exams in this intensive one-day workshop that combines case studies, review, practice testing and opportunities to review the answers.  Key topics include:  calibration and quality control, instrumentation and PFT equipment, spirometry, measuring lung volumes and gas distribution, diffusion testing, patterns of impaired pulmonary function, cardiopulmonary stress testing, body plethysmography and airway resistance measurement.  Application has been made to the American Association for Respiratory Care (AARC) for continuing education credits. 

Instructors:  Christopher Rowse, MS, RPT-NPS, RPFT, RPSGT, Duane Quinion, MA, RRT and Kerry King, RRT, RN, RPFT

474 CEHP1019-RWA: Sat, 9am-4:30pm, one day, 3/31, $149 (includes lunch and materials), Riverwalk

Please contact Dianne Lahaye at dlahaye@necc.mass.edu or 978-659-1222 for general questions.  Please contact John Murray at jmurray@necc.mass.edu for specific questions on PSG Scoring and contact Christopher Rowse at crowse@necc.mass.edu for specific questions on the Pulmonary Function course.