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Delta College Community Education - Clinical Medical Assistant

Submitted by DeltaCollege on Monday, June 10th, 11:00 am

Program Summary: As a Clinical Medical Assistant, you will help the physician carry out procedures, care for patients, perform simple lab tests, and administer medications. The Clinical Medical Assistant works in a doctor's office or clinic. This course combines 134 hours of classroom instruction, including electrocardiography (EKG), with a 160-hour externship to provide you with a complete learning experience.

For more information, please call (209) 954-5013 or visit our website here.

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Recreational water illness and injury prevention

Submitted by Linda Park, Multimedia Web Producer

Tuesday, June 4th, 2013, 2:44pm

Recreational water illness and injury prevention

With proper safety precautions, water is fun and cool in the hot summer, and a great way to exercise—for everyone in the family. Every year, thousands of Americans get sick with recreational water illnesses (RWIs), which are caused by germs found in places where people swim or play in the water.

San Joaquin County Health Officer Dr. Karen Furst says, “RWIs include a wide variety of infections, such as gastrointestinal, skin, ear, respiratory, eye, wound and neurologic infections.

The most commonly reported RWI is diarrhea.” RWIs can be caused by germs spread by swallowing, breathing in mists or aerosols of, or having contact with contaminated water in swimming pools, hot tubs, water parks, water play areas, interactive fountains, lakes, rivers, or oceans.

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SJ Delta College Phlebotomy Technician classes start May 28

Submitted by DeltaCollege on Tuesday, May 28th, 11:37 am

This program is designed for persons employed or those who plan to be employed by a licensed clinical laboratory or public health department. The course combines 64 hours of classroom instruction with a 40-hour off-site clinical externship, coordinated by Boston Reed, to provide students with a comprehensive learning experience.

The 40-hour externship includes at minimum 50 successful venipunctures and 10 skin punctures. Upon completion of the program, the student will receive our certificate of completion and become eligible for certification in the State of California as a Certified Phlebotomy Technician 1 (CPT 1).

For More Info Please Visit Our Website Here! Or Call Claduia at (209) 954-5013.

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Gusty winds prompt health caution

Submitted by Linda Park, Multimedia Web Producer

Wednesday, May 22nd, 2013, 10:00am

Blowing dust in San Joaquin, Stanislaus, Merced, Madera, Tulare, Kings, Fresno, and the valley portion of Kern counties poses potential health concern

Local air pollution officials are issuing a health cautionary statement effective through Wednesday night, May 22, 2013, because of blowing dust resulting from gusty winds. The health caution is in effect for San Joaquin, Stanislaus, Merced, Madera, Tulare, Kings, Fresno, and the valley portion of Kern counties.

Winds may produce areas of localized dust, which can result in unhealthy concentrations of particulate matter 10 microns and smaller (PM10). Exposure to particulate pollution can cause serious health problems, aggravate lung disease, trigger asthma attacks and bronchitis, and increase risk of respiratory infections.

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WEEKLY CHALLENGE: "CLOSE" the Kitchen!

Submitted by Lorri Ann Code, Owner of Mama Bootcamp

Monday, May 6th, 2013, 9:00am

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WEEKLY CHALLENGE: Stretch! It will do your body good!

Submitted by Lorri Ann Code, Owner of Mama Bootcamp

Wednesday, April 17th, 2013, 10:00am

WEEKLY CHALLENGE: Stretch! It will do your body good!

2013 Weekly Challenge #15: Stretch!

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2013 Weekly Challenge #13: Appreciate your body! (Positive Self-Talk)

Submitted by rss-admin on Tuesday, April 2nd, 10:00 am

In earlier challenges, we focused on being grateful and positive instead of negative and complaining. The whole purpose of those challenges was to realize that what you say and think makes a difference in how you act and feel. Whatever you focus on is what you feed, and what you feed grows. If all you think about is what you don't have, your dissatisfaction grows; if most of what you say comes out as a complaint, you forget to see the positive.

This week's challenge builds on that idea.

How many times in a day do you engage in negative self-talk about your BODY? I know I do it ALL.THE.TIME. "I can't wear those, my thighs are too fat." "I hate my arms." "My back is killing me." "I'm just not strong enough." Honestly, I've probably said each of these things to myself, in my head, just in the last 3 hours... Read More

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