Automatic External Defibrillator (AED)
An automated external defibrillator (AED) is a portable device that checks the heart
rhythm. If needed, it can send an electric shock to the heart to try to restore a
normal rhythm. AEDs are used to treat sudden cardiac arrest (SCA).
SCA is a condition in which the heart suddenly and unexpectedly stops beating. When
this happens, blood stops flowing to the brain and other vital organs.
SCA usually causes death if it's not treated within minutes. In fact, each minute
of SCA leads to a 10 percent reduction in survival. Using an AED on a person who is
having SCA may save the person's life.
AEDs are lightweight, battery-operated, portable devices that are easy to use. Each
unit comes with instructions, and the device will even give you voice prompts to let
you know if and when you should send a shock to the heart.
Learning how to use an AED and taking a CPR course are helpful. However, if trained
personnel aren't available, untrained people also can use an AED to help save someone's
life. Cardiac Science AED Demo
Chaffey College Layperson Responder AED Locations:
- Aeronautics
- Child Development
- (CHMB) Chino Campus Admissions and Records
- (FNAC) Fontana Campus Academic Center
- Health Sciences division office
- Maintenance and Operations Office
- (SSA) Rancho Cucamonga Campus Admissions and Records
- (MACC 202) Rancho SHS Office
- Pool Building
- Sicosky Gym
- Softball building
- Sports Center
Trained Responder Aeds Are At The Following Locations:
- Athletic Trainer (during practices)
- Campus Police
- Chino SHS, MIB 105
- Rancho Cucamonga SHS emergency mobile equipment
Ebola (Ebola Virus Disease)
Ebola, previously known as Ebola hemorrhagic fever, is a rare and deadly disease caused
by infection with one of the Ebola virus strains. Ebola can cause disease in humans
and nonhuman primates (monkeys, gorillas, and chimpanzees).
Ebola is caused by infection with a virus of the family Filoviridae, genus Ebolavirus.
There are five identified Ebola virus strains, four of which are known to cause disease
in humans: Ebola virus (Zaire ebolavirus); Sudan virus (Sudan ebolavirus); Taï Forest
virus (Taï Forest ebolavirus, formerly Côte d’Ivoire ebolavirus); and Bundibugyo virus
(Bundibugyo ebolavirus). The fifth, Reston virus (Reston ebolavirus), has caused disease
in nonhuman primates, but not in humans.
Ebola viruses are found in several African countries. Ebola was first discovered in
1976 near the Ebola River in what is now the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Since
then, outbreaks have appeared sporadically in Africa.
The natural reservoir host of Ebola virus remains unknown. However, on the basis of
evidence and the nature of similar viruses, researchers believe that the virus is
animal-borne and that bats are the most likely reservoir. Four of the five virus strains
occur in an animal host native to Africa.
Learn more at the CDCs website.
Enterovirus D68
Enterovirus D68 (EV-D68) is one of more than 100 non-polio enteroviruses. This virus
was first identified in California in 1962.
In general, infants, children, and teenagers are most likely to get infected with
enteroviruses and become ill. That's because they do not yet have immunity (protection)
from previous exposures to these viruses. We believe this is also true for EV-D68.
Adults can get infected with enteroviruses, but they are more likely to have no symptoms
or mild symptoms.
Children with asthma may have a higher risk for severe respiratory illness caused
by EV-D68 infection.
Visit the CDC’s website for additional information about the enterovirus.
Influenza (Flu)
Check for influenza updates at the www.flu.gov website.
Chaffey College student health services (SHS) closely monitors flu developments and
keeps contact with the San Bernardino County Public Health Department. We are following
their guidelines as well as those established by the Center for Disease Control.
Student health services monitors students exhibiting signs of influenza.
If you have the following symptoms, individuals are advised to seek care:
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Fever (100 degrees and higher)
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Cough
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Sore throat
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Difficulty breathing
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Body aches
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Headache
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Chills
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Fatigue
Currently enrolled students should consult their private health care provider or student
health services.
Employees: If you have similar symptoms, please consult your health care provider
for diagnosis and treatment.
What to Do to Stay Healthy
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Try to stay in good general health. Get plenty of sleep, fluids, and eat nutritious foods.
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Manage stress and be physically active.
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Cover your nose and mouth with a tissue when you cough or sneeze. Throw the tissue in the trash after you use it.
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Wash your hands often with soap and water (15-20 seconds) especially after you cough or sneeze.
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The virus can live on inanimate objects, so wash your hands frequently after touching door handles, railing, keyboards, water faucets or other public objects.
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Alcohol-based hand cleaners are also effective.
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Avoid touching your eyes, nose or mouth. Germs spread that way.
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Think carefully about nonessential travel.
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Do not share cups or eating utensils.
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Try to avoid close contact with sick people. Influenza is thought to spread mainly person-to-person through coughing or sneezing of infected people.
If you get sick, the CDC recommends that you stay home from work or school and limit contact with others to keep from infecting them.
Some Informational Fliers Regarding the Flu:
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Cover Your Cough
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H1N1 Take Three
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Clean Hands Save Lives
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Is it a cold or the flu?
Additional information about influenza can be obtained from these websites:
- Department of Health and Human Services
- San Bernardino County Public Health Department
- United States Department of Health and Human Services
- United Nations World Health Organization
Measles
Measles is a highly contagious and potentially severe disease that causes fever, rash, cough, and red, watery eyes. Measles spreads very easily by air and by direct contact with an infected person. Measles is contagious from approximately four days before the rash appears through four days after the rash appears. The DPH has been working with the places listed below to contact people who may have been exposed to these cases. As a precaution, people who were in the below locations around the same time as the individual with measles should:
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Monitor themselves for illness with fever and/or an unexplained rash from 7 days to 21 days after their exposure (the time period when symptoms may develop); if symptoms develop, stay at home and call a health care provider immediately or the DPH at 800-722-4794.
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Do not visit a health care provider without first notifying them of your potential exposure.
Measles is a rare disease in the United States and in regions of the world where vaccination
coverage is high. Maintaining high vaccination rates is vital to prevent outbreaks
of disease in our community. Given the recent cases identified here and in other jurisdictions
in Southern California, additional cases are expected and vaccination is key in preventing
infection from future exposures.
For detailed information about measles, please visit:
Mumps
Mumps is a viral infection that often involves the swelling of the salivary glands.
It is spread by coughing and sneezing. Complications from mumps can include meningitis,
inflammation of the testicles or ovaries, inflammation of the pancreas, and deafness.
Anyone who is not immune from either previous mumps infection or from vaccination
can get mumps.
Children should get their first dose of the MMR (measles, mumps, rubella) vaccine
at 12 months old or later. The second dose of MMRV is usually administered before
the child begins kindergarten, but may be given one month or more after the first
dose. Students (including college students), health care workers, and international
travelers should receive two doses of MMR vaccine.
Signs and Symptoms of Mumps
Mumps is an acute viral infection with a nonspecific symptoms that include:
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Puffy cheeks
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Swollen jaw (the result of swollen salivary glands)
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Fever
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Headache
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Muscle aches
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Loss of appetite
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Swollen and tender salivary glands under the ears on one or both sides (parotitis) in 60-70 percent of cases
It can cause:
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Debilitating inflammation of the testicles or ovaries may follow
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Complications include encephalitis
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Spontaneous abortion
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Deafness
In recent mumps outbreaks most cases report having received two doses of MMR vaccine; a history of appropriate vaccination does not rule out mumps in persons with compatible symptoms.
Symptoms typically appear 16-18 days after infection, but this period can range from
12-25 days after infection. Some people who get mumps have very mild or no symptoms,
and often they do not know they have the disease. Most people with mumps recover completely
in a few weeks
For detailed information, please use these links:
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Centros para el Control y la Prevencion de Enfermedades
- Español: Signos y síntomas de las paperas
Pertussis (Whooping Cough)
For daily updates check the Centers for Disease Control (CDC)
Chaffey College Student Health Services (SHS) is closely monitoring pertussis developments
and is in contact with the San Bernardino County Public Health Department.
Pertussis (Whooping Cough) is Epidemic
California Department of Public Health Offers Expanded Immunization Recommendations
Pertussis (whooping cough) is epidemic in California. As of July 13, 2010, 1,496 cases
of Pertussis have been reported to CDPH in 2010, a 5-fold increase from the same interval
in 2009. Six infants too young to be immunized are known to have died of Pertussis
so far in 2010, in comparison to 3 deaths in all of 2009. California is on pace to
have the most Pertussis cases reported in over 50 years.
In summary, CDPH is strongly recommending a Tdap booster shot for all adolescents
and adults (10 or more years of age) who have not yet received a documented dose,
including those older than 64 years of age. In contrast, the most recent Center for
Disease Control(CDC) survey data indicates that 44% of adolescents in California and
only 6% of adults nationwide have received a Tdap booster shot by 2008.
Immunization with Tdap is especially important for
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Health Care Workers, particularly those who have direct contact with infants and pregnant women;
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Women of childbearing age – preferably before pregnancy, or during or immediately after pregnancy;
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Other close contacts of infants, including other family members and caregivers;
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Patients with wounds 7 years and older should receive Tdap instead of Td or TT when immunization is indicated to prevent tetanus.
CDPH strongly recommends that all children receive their recommended doses of DTaP
on time. The first dose is typically given at 2 months of age but may be given as
early as 6 weeks. Children 7-9 years of age who did not receive all of their routine
childhood DTaP vaccine doses are recommended to receive Tdap to help protect them
against Pertussis.
San Bernardino Public Health Department:
Pertussis (Whooping Cough)
What You Need to Know
Whooping cough — known medically as pertussis — is a very contagious bacterial disease.
It can cause serious illness in infants, children and adults. Infants are most at
risk, because they are too young to be fully vaccinated.
Symptoms
The disease starts like a common cold, but after one to two weeks, severe coughing
begins. Infants and children with the disease cough violently and rapidly, over and
over, until the air is gone from their lungs and they're forced to inhale with a loud
"whooping" sound.
Pertussis is most severe for babies. More than half of infants less than 1 year of
age who get the disease must be hospitalized. About 1 in 20 infants with pertussis
get pneumonia (lung infection), and about 1 in 100 will have convulsions. In rare
cases, it can cause death.
How Pertussis Spreads
Whooping cough is most contagious before the coughing starts. People with pertussis
can spread the disease by coughing or sneezing while in close contact with others,
who then breathe in the pertussis bacteria. Many infants are infected by parents,
older siblings, or other caregivers who might not even know they have the disease.
Pertussis in California
Pertussis is now an epidemic in the state. There have been 910 cases reported since
June 15, 2010, compared to only 219 cases at this time last year. Five infants – all
under three months of age – have died from the disease since January. One death was
in San Bernardino County this spring.
How to Prevent Pertussis
Parents can help protect very young infants by reducing contact with persons who have
cold symptoms or cough illness. However, the best way to prevent pertussis is to get
vaccinated. The childhood vaccine is called DTaP. The whooping cough booster vaccine
for adolescents and adults is called Tdap. These are safe and effective vaccines that
protect against three diseases: whooping cough, tetanus and diphtheria.
Pertussis vaccination begins at 2 months of age, but young infants won't be protected
until the vaccine series of three shots is complete at 6 months of age. Vaccine protection
does not last a lifetime. Adults ages 18 – 64 years who have contact with infants
under 12 months of age, are urged to get a single dose of the Tdap booster. This includes
parents, family members, child care workers, and health care workers who haven't received
this vaccine. Afterward, adults should get the standard Td (tetanus and diphtheria)
booster every ten years.
Pregnant women and fathers are advised to get vaccinated either before or immediately
after the birth of their baby. During pregnancy, women can get Tdap beginning in the
second trimester, but not before 12 weeks gestation.
Infants, children and teens are strongly encouraged to follow the Vaccination Schedule, recommended by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Talk to your health care provider about what's best for your specific needs.
Public Health Clinics in San Bernardino County
Pertussis vaccine is available at all clinic sites in the County. There is a $10 fee for the vaccine. To make an appointment and get
clinic schedules call 800 722-4777.
Resources for More Information
California Department of Public Health press release on June 23, 2010 "Whooping Cough
Epidemic May Be Worst in 50 Years"
Additional information about pertussis can be obtained from these websites:
- San Bernardino County Public Health Department
- California Department of Public Health
- United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- United States Department of Health and Human Services
- United Nations World Health Organization
Tuberculosis (TB)
TB Fact Sheet
TB Fact Sheet (Espanol)
For questions regarding tuberculosis, please contact the public health department
at:
San Bernardino County Public Health Department
800-782-4264
Local referral calls:
909-387-6280
909-378-6359 TDD
Additional information about TB can be obtained from these websites:
California Department of Public Health
www.cdph.ca.gov/Healthinfo
United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
www.cdc.gov
United States Department of Health and Human Services
www.hhs.gov
United Nations World Health Organization
www.who.int
Zika Virus
On January 22, 2016, CDC activated its Emergency Operations Center (EOC) to respond
to outbreaks of Zika occurring in the Americas and increased reports of birth defects
and Guillain-Barré syndrome in areas affected by Zika. On February 1, 2016, the World
Health Organization declared a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC) because of clusters of microcephaly and other neurological disorders in some
areas affected by Zika. On February 8, 2016, CDC elevated its EOC activation to a
Level 1, the highest level.
The most common symptoms of Zika are fever, rash, joint pain, or conjunctivitis (red
eyes). Other common symptoms include muscle pain and headache. The incubation period
(the time from exposure to symptoms) for Zika virus disease is not known, but is likely
to be a few days to a week.
See your healthcare provider if you develop the symptoms described above and have
visited an area where Zika is found.
If you have recently traveled, tell your healthcare provider when and where you traveled.
Your healthcare provider may order specialized blood tests to look for Zika or other
similar viruses like dengue or chikungunya.
For detailed information visit the Centers for Disease Control’s Zika virus page.