Online CPR Certification Blog
Suspension of Medicaid ED Coverage Denial Plan
Date: October 27th, 2013
Chris Gregoire, Washington governor has stopped the implementation of Medicaid policy, which would have seen emergency department services denied payment where a patient is determined ultimately to have a condition that is non-urgent.
A malpractice verdict that cost a hospital a lot
Date: October 26th, 2013
Before the man died, he had visited an emergency department at a nearby hospital two days earlier. The attorney of the plaintiff said that at the hospital, the man has classic symptoms and seemed like his neck had a sign saying ‘Aortic Aneurysm.’
Drive through medicine
Date: October 25th, 2013
As a victim of a highly contagious and dangerous disease, I am being moved to a triage place in a mobile, isolated self contained pod. My pod is being manned by a doctor robbed completely in protective gown and wearing a mask and examines me via a porthole at the machine side. This seems like a bad dream or a creepy fiction/ science movie.
Compression only CPR gets more support
Date: October 24th, 2013
In a trial done in US, which involved nearly 2000 patients, about 12.5 percent were discharged from the hospital after receiving chest compression compared to 11 percent of the patients who received the chest compression together with rescue breathing together.
Omega 3 fatty acids
Date: October 23rd, 2013
The benefits of omega 3 fatty acids
Over many years of study, researchers have finally confirmed that omega 3 fatty acids can help users in so many ways ranging from depression prevention to promoting good heart health. Even though the new findings that these fatty acids can also prevent mental health problems are not new as such, researchers have intensified their research about brain mechanism and found that dietary choices can significantly affect the condition of one’s mental health.
Rheumatoid Arthritis
Date: October 22nd, 2013
Many people are forever researching on how dietary changes can affect their RA symptoms or how it can help them deal with this condition. The western diet features many products, which promote inflammatory and the most outstanding ones are fats which most people take daily.
ADHD and defiant behavior
Date: October 17th, 2013
Even non doctors know pretty well that it is very easy to differentiate between an individual with ADHD and one who is habitual offender type. When these people are to a jail environment, they are usually very emotional and will keep apologizing for wasting your precious time. When booking them into the jail, you must take an inventory of every item in their pocket.
Shangri- La Diet
Date: October 16th, 2013
Dr. Seth Roberts is the author of the famed book, The Shangri- La Diet alongside its corresponding publication: how to book. It provides people with a unique weight loss approach and majorly focuses on the notion of ‘setting points’. With this book, the reader is never far away from losing weight. The Shangri- La Diet explains the set point to mean a saturation point or a kind of plateau within the body.
Fact about the Flu scare
Date: October 15th, 2013
ACEP- American College of Emergency Physicians and ENA- Emergency Nurses Association have been at the front line in advising the public on what they should do during a swine flu epidemic. Patients were recommended by the two organizations to seek quick medical care when infected with this epidemic.
Case to Prudent Layperson
Date: October 14th, 2013
Under the new federal law guidelines, providers will not be allowed to try recovering any money from beneficiaries of Medicaid, because they are actually on Medicaid and not that they are able to pay. As such, health care providers in the nation, especially hospitals are required to offer the service free of charge.