A defibrillator is a device used in emergencies to restore the normal rhythm of the heart. This happens in a situation when the heart has stopped beating due to a sudden cardiac arrest or is beating irregularly due to ventricular fibrillation or other types of arrhythmia. A study by the U.S. National Institutes of Health…
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In the previous three decades, the population of the world has been aging at a great rate due to the decline in fertility and the rise in life expectancy, and that trend is expected to further accelerate in the following years. There is an increase in the percentage of the world’s elderly population, and accordingly,…
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Today we’ll be looking at AEDs and The Law: what you need to know. After an alarming number of over 350,000 deaths due to sudden cardiac arrest cases, the US took their rescue mission to minimize the numbers and installed AED devices near critical spots where most accidents occurred. Additionally, bystanders are encouraged to activate…
Read MoreSome consider cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) a possible solution to giving cardiac arrest survivors a decent chance to live. It helps keep the person alive until the emergency medical services (EMS) takes over. With the increased number of heart diseases, the need to get certified in CPR is rising. Every state in the USA has different…
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A lot of things in life tend to change, so today we’ll discuss CPR today vs CPR a decade ago. In the 60s, Drs. Kouwenhoven, Safar, and Jude invented the CPR technique by combining chest compressions with mouth-to-mouth breaths. Since then, the method has saved millions of lives worldwide and has undergone minor but significant…
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