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  • Can you get sick by performing CPR? July 29, 2010Nupur Agarwal
    Real CPR is very different from classroom CPR. You come in contact with a lot of bodily fluids when actually performing CPR in a real life situation. To assuage the public’s fear, CPR training now incorporates personal protective gear
  • CPR and its Meaning May 12, 2011Mollie Bowman
    Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation or CPR is simply a way of “buying time”
  • What is CPR July 11, 2011Mollie Bowman
    Cardiac arrest is often caused by an abnormal heart rhythm called ventricular fibrillation (VF).
  • CPR is not something you do on the living November 9, 2011Carol Theis
    I recently met a woman in a class who stated that she never performed CPR, but almost did.  I asked for more information and found out that she had looked out her front window one morning just in time to see a man collapse near her mailbox.  She said that she “would have performed CPR, ...
  • She “was not responding” to CPR February 10, 2012Carol Theis
    This weekend I was home watching TV, flipping through the channels, when a program caught my attention. This program was reviewing the case of a gentleman who had lost his wife in a diving “accident”.  They were trying the evidence presented at his trial.  His apparent lack of emotions,  the situation that left her alone ...
  • The Hollywood Heart Attack October 3, 2014Benjamin Roussey
    You’ve seen it dozens of times before, plastered across your television screen: the agonized grimace, the surprise collapse, and the painful grasping at one’s chest. In the world of medicine, it’s called the Hollywood Heart Attack.
  • New AHA CPR Recommendations September 27, 2016Peter J J Klotunowitch
    By Peter J Klotunowitch A leading cause of death in the United States, cardiac arrest is caused when the heart suddenly stops, usually due to an electrical malfunction in the heart that causes an irregular heartbeat and disrupts blood flow through the body. Survival depends on immediate CPR and other actions starting with bystanders. American Heart Association ...
  • Rescue Breathing? CPR? I’m confused!!! November 2, 2016Carol Theis
    I have heard people talk about giving/not giving breaths with CPR and also about “rescue breathing”. I am confused…What is the difference? How do I know what to do?  These are questions often asked at a CPR class, and I would like to clarify it for you.  Maybe even give a SIMPLE answer to take ...
  • AHA Key point 2015 – Hands Only CPR December 13, 2016Peter J J Klotunowitch
      By Peter J Klotunowitch The American Heart Association (AHA) gave a “Call to Action” for bystander witnessed an out-of-hospital cardiac arrest of probable cardiac origin. The national news media picked this up and announced to the public that the new AHA recommendation is to do compression only Cardio Pulmonary Resuscitation. From the number of posted questions ...
  • CPR 101 – Common questions you might ask January 2, 2018Derek Walborn
    Common CPR questions How do I know if the CPR is actually working? While it is difficult to know if applying chest compressions are having an effect on a person’s pulse, you can take note of whether or not the victim’s chest is rising when you breathe into their mouth. Can I accidentally kill someone while giving them ...
  • Nursing News: Passive Leg Raising and Elevating the Head during CPR Prove to Be Beneficial August 15, 2019Donna Ryan
    Around 275,000 people, per year, experience OHCA (out-of-hospital cardiac arrest) incidents. This finding was reported by the National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) in the U.S. National Institutes of Health’s National Library of Medicine archives. This number pertains to people living in Europe. U.S. Statistics for OHCAs It has also been found that a large number of ...
  • A Brief History Of CPR March 25, 2020Anonymous
    CPR courses are organized and taught to help provide medical professionals, first responders, caregivers, and everyday people the training and tools to help resuscitate an unresponsive person. But how did the medical science behind resuscitating people develop over time to become a well-researched and highly effective method of saving lives that just about anybody can ...
  • CPR In Children March 17, 2022Siam B
    The protocol for CPR in children is similar to that in adults. Safety First Always make sure that the child is away from any impending danger. CPR should always be done in a safe location The next step is to check the child’s level of consciousness. Do this by tapping the child on the shoulder and asking, “Are ...
  • CPR in Babies March 20, 2022Siam B
    Introduction There are some subtle differences in performing CPR in babies compared to adults and older children. Babies are not only smaller in size but are also fragile- CPR done inappropriately can cause damage to many internal organs in children less than 1 year of age. But it is important to know how to perform CPR ...
  • What is CPR: an update April 26, 2022Siam B
    Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) is a lifesaving procedure that can be used to save lives in emergencies like drowning or heart attack, where the individual’s heartbeat and/or breathing have suddenly stopped. CPR can be performed anywhere when an individual develops cardiac arrest including areas outside the hospital like an airplane, swimming pool, or even a shopping ...

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