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2010 Emergency Cardiac Care Updates Part 2 and Episode 154
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Welcome to Episode 154 of the Nursing Show The Nursing Show is a proud member of the ProMed Podcast Network. Subscribe to the Podcast MP3 Audio Version iTunes | Zune | Podcast | Blog —- Subscribe to the Podcast Studio Video Version iTunes | Zune … Continue reading
Changes Coming up for CPR Standards
Compression only CPR has been discussed and bantied about for several years now but we are raping up to that next set of updates from the cardiac symposium, the American Heart Association and others who will come up with the … Continue reading
Heart Attack Survival Chance May Depend on Where You Live
Do you think where you live improves or decreases your chances of surviving a heart attack? Well, a recent study looked at chances of surviving a heart attack depending on where you live, and this is from the University of … Continue reading
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Tagged cardiac arrest, CPR, first aid, location, news, nurse, nursing
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Teach About Agonal Breathing In CPR Assessment
Agonal Breathing from the AHA I got this in from the American Heart Association. For those of you involved in CPR classes or education and home care for cardiac and elderly patients and their families this is a good email … Continue reading
Posted in geriatrics for nurses, nursing education, RN on the side
Tagged agonal, aha, american, association, breathing, cardiac, cardiac health, CPR, health, heart, nurse, nursing, nursing education, patient, public, respirations, rn
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CPR and AED Week from June 1 thru 7
From the American Heart Association: CPR and AED Awareness Week (Click Here for Info) June 1–7 Heroes aren’t born. They’re trained. Each year an estimated 166,000 lives are claimed by Sudden Cardiac Arrest, an electronic malfunction that causes … Continue reading
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Tagged assessment, cardiac, community health, CPR, tips
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CPR Early, Correct, Pre-Priming
Listener Tim (our Australian nurse contact) sent me an article link about updates to the CPR guidelines in the news lately. The importance of compressions and adequate CPR is of paramount importance to survivability of cardiac arrest. Here’s the link … Continue reading
