Ranging from Health and Safety, to other medical related topics.
Most people have a general idea of how to check a person’s pulse, but that doesn’t always mean they know what to check for — or how to find a pulse on an infant rather than an adult. While an infant pulse check is similar to a pulse check on an adult, there are a few key differences. Read on to learn more about infant heart rates compared to an adult’s, and how to check an infant’s pulse.
CPR manikins are essential tools for students to learn how to correctly perform CPR in real life. Unfortunately, one less-than-pleasant part about having and maintaining CPR manikins is that they have to be cleaned. And knowing how to clean CPR manikins properly is essential for preventing bacteria growth and the spread of germs. Read on to learn how to clean CPR manikins and improve the overall hygiene of your CPR training.
According to the CDC, there are approximately 4,000 fatal drownings and nearly 8,000 non-fatal drownings each year.
Read on to learn more about how to prevent drowning in even the most high-risk areas, how to identify a drowning person, and what first aid is needed after a drowning occurs.
We tell kids not to run with food in their mouths, yet we seem to forget that advice as adults. Most of us multitask while we eat — whether it’s mindlessly snacking while binging our favorite show or grabbing a quick bite on the go. But the moment our food goes down the wrong pipe, we ask ourselves in a panic, “Do I know how to do Heimlich on myself?” If you find yourself Googling “how to do Heimlich on myself” in fear of choking on food when you’re alone, read on to learn how to identify choking and effectively perform the Heimlich maneuver on yourself.
Everyone experiences stress at some point in their lives, but can stress cause heart pain and other health-related issues? When stress starts to impact your health, it may be time to start managing the causes of stress in your life to minimize the risk of stress-induced heart problems in the future. Read on for a more in-depth look at the answer to, “Can stress cause heart pain?” and learn how to recognize and treat the symptoms of stress.
Cardiac arrest and heart attack are both major medical emergencies that can look the same to an untrained bystander. Being able to tell the difference between cardiac arrest versus heart attack is vital for knowing how to treat each one in an emergency and thus improving the victim’s chances of survival. Here’s what to know about the causes, signs, and risk factors of cardiac arrest versus heart attack, as well as the best ways to treat both.
In recent years, more young athletes are suffering from cardiac arrest. We generally associate heart problems with older people in poor health, not healthy young athletes in the prime of their lives. So, why do young athletes have cardiac arrest, and why does it seem so common all of a sudden? If you’re asking yourself, “Why do young athletes have cardiac arrest, and how can it be prevented?,” here’s what to know.
The good news is the treatment for shock is almost identical to the CPR methods used to treat a cardiac arrest. If you find yourself wondering, “why is shock so dangerous?”, CPR training, you’ll quickly discover, can save lives in more ways than one.
Read on to learn about the symptoms of shock, the different kinds of shock, and the reasons why shock is so dangerous.
Here we look at examples of how long CPR has taken to work in real-life cases, and what you should do when CPR doesn’t appear to be working and after four minutes of rescue breathing, no pulse can be found.
Finding the best CPR manikins is an often overlooked step in planning CPR training. If you or your company are tasked with selecting a suitable stand-in for training, do you know what to look for?
Read on to learn what to look for when selecting the best CPR manikins and how these tools ensure your skills can be relied on in an emergency.
According to the American Heart Association (AHA), a person’s chances of surviving cardiac arrest decreases by 10% for every minute of delay in starting CPR. This means that it’s crucial to know not only what happens during CPR, but also how to properly administer it, as well as the warning signs of when CPR might be needed.
This minute-by-minute guide explains exactly what happens during CPR and how the body is affected in the first few minutes after experiencing cardiac arrest.
Mouth-to-mouth rescue breathing is an essential tool in first aid that involves blowing air into a patient’s lungs when their respiratory system is not working. But while rescue breathing is most often associated with CPR, it’s not always used during resuscitation. People often ask, “What is the indication for mouth-to-mouth rescue breaths as opposed to hands-only CPR?” To perform mouth-to-mouth breathing effectively, you need to know which situations require it and which don’t. So, what is the indication for mouth-to-mouth rescue breaths during CPR, and when should you use other CPR methods? Read on to find out.