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When a person is injured and bleeding severely, you only have a few minutes to get the bleeding under control and save their life. Often, this means there’s no time to wait for medical professionals to arrive. Instead, it’s up to you to step in and stop the flow of blood. Here’s what you need to know about the three main components of “Stop the Bleed” training and how to handle bleeding emergencies.
As members of our communities and citizens of the world at large, we can all play a part in making the world a better, safer place to live. There are several different types of corporate social responsibility that organizations can participate in, but they all revolve around the same idea: prioritizing positive change. Keep reading to learn more about how CPR training relates to corporate social responsibility.
A choking emergency happens suddenly and silently, and when it does, instant action is needed to save the person’s life. Like any other type of emergency, choking can happen anywhere, and no matter how many precautions you take, you can’t always prevent it. You can, however, prepare yourself and your staff to rescue a choking person when needed. Here’s what you need to know about performing the Heimlich maneuver at work.
Whether you’re in the medical field or not, knowing where, when, and how to take a person’s pulse is an important skill. While you may be familiar with a few of the common pulse points in the body, you may not be as familiar with the brachial pulse in particular, or when you might need to find it. Read on to learn more about where and how to find the brachial pulse, and when it might be useful to do so.
While the head-tilt chin-lift technique works well in many cases and has the advantage of being somewhat easier to perform, it should not be used in scenarios in which there is a possibility of neck injury. The jaw thrust maneuver should be used whenever there is an injury to the cervical spine that could be aggravated by the head-tilt chin-lift.
Sometimes, if someone is choking, another person’s intervention is needed to clear their airway and save their life. Just like giving CPR to a cardiac arrest patient, every second matters when someone is choking.
Whether or not your workplace is required by law to display a CPR or first aid poster, it’s a good idea to have one for employees — and even customers — to reference in an emergency. A clear, easily accessible poster can save precious seconds in getting an emergency victim the help they need. Here’s what you need to know about displaying a CPR poster in your workplace, including what information to cover, where to display it, and where to download one for free.
CPR is a simple process that gives the patient the best odds of survival until emergency assistance arrives. Although the concept of CPR is simple, a few key elements — like CPR hand placement — can mean the difference between a successful and an unsuccessful rescue attempt. Here, we explain all you need to know about CPR hand placement for different age groups and why hand placement is so important when performing CPR.
When a person collapses in public, most bystanders will scan the room in hopes of finding “that person” who knows what to do before stepping in themselves. Whether that person is a doctor, a first responder, or a CPR-certified layperson, the one thing they all have in common in an emergency situation is the knowledge of the ABC of CPR. Read on to find out more about the ABC of CPR, who updated the process to CAB, and why this update is so crucial for increasing CPR survival rates.
Knowing how to deal with emergencies at work is essential, particularly if you are in a profession that requires you to care for vulnerable populations. One kind of emergency that very few know how to deal with but that occurs frequently is epileptic seizures.
Seizures manifest themselves in a number of ways, so it is vital that everyone be able to identify and respond to the signs of seizures. As seizures can be dangerous, you need to know exactly what to do in case of an epileptic seizure.
When you’ve been in the training industry as long as we have, you start to notice common themes in the questions students undergoing CPR training ask. One of the most fundamental questions new emergency preparedness laypersons ask is, “What does CPR stand for, exactly?” Read on for the answer to, “What does CPR stand for?” and to find out where you can learn more about CPR training.
In an emergency situation, when tensions are high and time is important, would you know how to effectively start CPR? By using the chain of survival, CPR can be given in the correct order, as efficiently as possible. Understanding the chain of survival CPR links can ensure you’re prepared to react quickly when someone close to you experiences cardiac arrest. Read on to learn the whats, whys, wheres, and hows of the chain of survival for CPR.