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What Does a Chest Compression Feedback Device Monitor During CPR?
High-quality chest compressions are a critical component of CPR, ensuring that oxygen continues to flow to vital organs. To aid rescuers in delivering optimal compressions, chest compression feedback devices have been developed. These valuable tools ...
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How Is CPR Performed Differently When an Advanced Airway Is in...
CPR, or cardiopulmonary resuscitation, is a life-saving technique that helps keep blood and oxygen flowing through the body when someone’s heart stops beating. It incorporates chest compressions with rescue breaths to support circulation and oxygen...
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What are you Legally Required to do Before You Touch a...
When you’re responding to an emergency like cardiac arrest, myocardial infarction, someone collapsing, or a person in shock and decide to help them with CPR & first aid, there’s an important step you need to take before you touch them...
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Shock: Causes, Symptoms, and Medical Treatment
The word “shock” has two different meanings in Psychology: Shock is an emotional response to a traumatic event, like sudden grief or fear, that leaves someone feeling numb or overwhelmed. Physiology: Shock is when your body doesn’t ...
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Heart Attack vs. Cardiac Arrest: What’s the Difference?
If a doctor told you your loved one had experienced a heart attack rather than a cardiac arrest, would you feel relieved, or would your worry deepen? Do you really know the difference between the two? Both are serious, but they’re not the sam...
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Careers that Require CPR and First Aid Certification
CPR and First Aid certification are vital training that proves you know how to respond quickly and effectively in emergencies, like someone choking, bleeding, or losing consciousness. These certifications ensure you’re prepared to provide lifes...
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