Online CPR Certification Blog
How Florida strangers with knowledge of infant CPR saved a Baby’s life
Date: November 13th, 2014
When the little boy stopped breathing suddenly
When the baby’s aunt, Pamela Rauseo was driving, she suddenly noticed that her nephew was in great distress and pulled on the road side. She quickly starting performing CPR on the baby’s limp.
Some people who were passing by noticed the aunt on the road and they came to help immediately. Lucila Godoy helped perform the COR and also comforted the aunt when her nephew continued to have breathing difficulties. Al Diaz, a news photographer quickly alighted from his car when he saw them and started to run backward via the cars that had stopped and started to ask for help. He finally found a local police who was in a patrol car. Amaruis Bastidas, the police officer run quickly to assist the CPR efforts and started to do chest compressions on him.
Dispatcher assisted CPR improves survival in kids with cardiac arrest
Date: November 12th, 2014
The researchers finally concluded that children have better odds of surviving a cardiac arrest when bystanders are given CPR instructions by emergency dispatchers. This study also showed that the survivors had a high likelihood of having good functioning of the brained when they received bystander CPR that is dispatcher assisted.
Doctors face challenges as they try to solve the Ebola mystery
Date: November 11th, 2014
This assessment was made by Dr. Daniel Varga, who is the chief clinical officer of Texas Health Resources and seemed to give a summation of the serious concern given the current scare of Ebola.
Risk for heart attack after chest pain can be gauged, a blood test shows
Date: November 10th, 2014
The study which was undertaken in Sweden showed that patients having chest pain and had undetectable level of some chemical in their blood known as ‘high- sensitivity cardiac troponin T’ and no signs of reduced flow of blood had very minimal risk of being diagnosed with a heart attack for the next month.
A study shows gene therapy might enhance Cochlear implants
Date: November 9th, 2014
If the findings of a study conducted by Australian researchers are something to go by, it is evident that gene therapy could make people having cochlear implants able to hear better and enable them to hear and appreciate music when in a noisy environment. The experiment was essentially carried out with some deaf guinea pigs.
A study rules out any linkage between testosterone supplements and heart attack
Date: November 8th, 2014
Some researchers have in the recent past reported that the risk for stroke and heart attack can be increased due to testosterone therapy. However, researchers have undertaken another researcher, which involved over 25000 older men and seemed to suggest that such a link might not exist after all. The US National Institute for Health actually funded the study which helped a lot in easing some fears regarding testosterone therapy not only for the patients but also their families as well.
Risk for stroke and heart attack can be increased by inflammatory muscle disorder
Date: November 7th, 2014
Researchers in Britain have found that patients having polymyalgia rheumatic are highly likely to be diagnosed with vascular disease, a condition which usually affects the blood vessels. Health care providers should manage vascular risk factors carefully for patients having polymyalgia rheumatic in order to lower the risk of complications.
Why the time of treatment for heart attack patients matters a lot
Date: November 6th, 2014
Researchers have suggested that the time which patients of heart attack reach the hospital may affect their likelihood of surviving. When the patient shows up at emergency room on weekends, at night or during holidays,
Treatment and aftercare for patients of heart attack
Date: November 5th, 2014
Treatment for people who suffer from heart attack usually involves nine critical steps. Thus, if you are a nurse, medic or a caregiver, then you need to what is bls certification as it is one of the most basic knowledge for treating heart attacks.
A new drug for heart failure might help minimize hospitalizations
Date: November 4th, 2014
A drug that is commonly used for treating patients with heart failure does very little when it comes to lowering cardiac arrest or minimizing risk for death among those people diagnosed with the common heart problem. However, this drug does very little to reduce hospitalizations according to the findings of a recently completed study.