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Category: Basic Life Support
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9 Best Workouts to Combat Heart Disease
Heart disease is a slow and silent killer, doing its deed long before you arrive in a doctor’s office and learn you have high blood pressure, metabolic disorder, or a partially clogged artery. This snail’s pace progression can catch you off-guard if you’re not aware of the ways healthy lifestyle practices like exercising can both… Read more
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12 Basic First Aid Myths & What You Should Do in an Emergency
When it comes to first aid, it’s easy to think you’re an expert. If you’re like most people, you’ve watched movies and TV shows that seem to be secretly providing you emergency training in Basic First Aid. Or you have a well-meaning relative who swears by this or that that they learned from their grandparents… Read more
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How BLS Training Impacts Your Career
Basic life support training, or BLS training, is an asset that can enhance and improve your personal and professional life considerably, especially if you work in the healthcare field. With this training, you will not only be able to perform CPR in a way that could save someone’s life, but you can also advance your… Read more
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25 Things You Don’t Know About CPR… But Should
How much do you think you know about cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR)? Here are 25 interesting facts everyone should learn about CPR. 1. Researchers Can Reliably Predict Survival Rate Based On Number Of People CPR Certified in an Area Studies have shown that the chances of survival from a cardiac event vary greatly from city to… Read more
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The Life of an EMT During Covid-19
Daily life has changed for a lot of people. But few more than EMT. As the front-line of the front-line, you’re often the first to see a possible COVID-19 patient. And for that reason, a lot is changing in the life of an EMT. It’s not just happening in your district or county. It’s nationwide.… Read more
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CPR vs. BLS Training: What’s the Difference? Which Is Better?
So you’re trying to decide whether you should get certified in CPR or BLS for your career and lifestyle. First, let us say we’re delighted that you understand the importance of learning one or both of these lifesaving methods. When seconds matter in a life or death situation, having one or more people in a… Read more
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Basic Life Support COVID Algorithms Updated: What to Know
Most people in the US who work outside of critical care, emergency, armed services, law enforcement, and similar high-risk professions rarely expect to face a life and death situation. But if there’s one thing COVID-19 has brought to light, it’s this. Any one of us could face a situation where we need to be a… Read more
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The Death of Bedside Nursing (and why it should matter to everyone…)
Have you ever encountered a cause of arrest that falls outside of the common “Hs and Ts?” Share it along with this article to social media. Through shared experiences and continuous education, we can save more lives. Also, remember to enroll in your advanced care course to treat cardiac arrest too! THIS PICTURE LOOKS OLD… Read more
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How Using BLS For Health Care Providers Reduce Job Burnout
Health care professionals have a mountain of responsibilities. They may fulfill positions through different care settings, care for patients of different cultures and demographics and see an increasing and work extenuating hours. Unfortunately, burnout may consume even the best-trained health care professionals. Since demand on the health care industry will never subside, the only solution… Read more
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Measles Outbreak Concerns Renew Interest in BLS Certification Online
More than 43 confirmed cases of measles have been diagnosed in Washington and Oregon this year, reports CBSNews.com. Although the virus was officially listed as eradicated in the U.S. in 2000, philosophical and religious exemptions to vaccination have given the virus an opportunity to return. In fact, Washington Governor Jay Inslee declared a state of… Read more