JOB CORPS 
Smokers Day Brochure (spanish version)
“The Truth About Smoking”
On February 17th, 2012 the BJCA EMT Academy kicked off the National Non-Smoking Day with a fantastic presentation held in our cafeteria with an audience of 100 students and all Center Staff. The EMT class spent 3 weeks preparing for the presentation which included informational brochures, a powerpoint visual presentation, and oral presentation, and actual bovine (pig) lungs for demonstration.
The class was organized into groups where each group took leadership of each task necessary for the presentation. The brochure group included EMT students Aixa Rosario, Giorgio Rondon, and Undine Echeverri who as a team created bi-lingual (spanish and english) brochures with pertinent information on the chemicals you inhale while smoking; the health risks to your body, others, and your baby; and ways to quit smoking including online resources. The powerpoint presentation created by EMT student Dayanna Miranda included intense and graffic photos of different forms of cancers, fetal defects, and smoking campaign photos which really grabbed the attention of the audience. Nicotine patches were also available for students to take after the presentation.
The presentation not only included bi-lingual brochures but the EMT students themselves verbally presented in both English and Spanish to their fellow calssmates. The key speakers were EMT students Giorgio Rondon (spanish version) and James Morrison (english version).
For demonstration actual inflatable bovine lungs were used, one of which is a healthy lung and the other a smoker’s lung complete with actual tumors. This demonstration really grabbed the attention of the student body, showing the actual damage smoking causes not just to your tissues but they could see the difference in the inflation of a normal lung compared to a smoker’s lung (which is nearly half). The students were then allowed a close-up of the lungs and even allowed to touch them.
The presentation was a great success for both the education and experience of the EMT students and the student/staff as a whole.