Nearly 40,000 Orange County Public School students will participate in a county–wide CPR training Thursday (09/26/19) in recognition of this week’s World Heart Day. In partnership with the American Heart Association, local fire crews will visit 25 school sites and tech centers to teach students “hands only” CPR. The training will include checking vitals, assessing ABC’s […]
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, drowning is the No. 1 cause of unintentional death between ages 1 and 4, and the No. 2 cause between ages 5 and 9. The latest national data show 702 U.S. children under age 15 drowned in 2017. The figures are not broken down by ethnic […]
Beginning in the 90s, heart disease became a major problem for Americans. This caused millions of Americans to voluntarily train to administer cardiopulmonary resuscitation or CPR. Each year, the American Heart Association trains more than 12 million people in this life-saving procedure. Now it seems we are facing another public health crisis: the deadly opioid […]
Back in March of 2017, Mary Smith took an afternoon off work to visit her daughter and 2-week-old baby grandson, Brody, at their Minneapolis suburb home. Style Snapshot A daughter’s quick action and calm under pressure — guided by a 911 dispatcher — saved her mother’s life through Hands-Only CPR. This real-life story highlights how […]
A teenage baseball player from Arizona saved his coaches life by administering CPR and calling paramedics. His coach collapsed on the field, suffering a heart attack during practice drills. Isaac Wenrich, a minor league baseball player with the Florence Freedom of Kentucky who coaches kids during the off-season, was running drills last month with eighth-grader […]
A 21-year-old auto shop technician from Tucson, Arizona may have saved a stranger’s life thanks to a skill he learned from The Office. Style Snapshot A 21-year-old Arizona man, Cross Scott, saved a woman’s life using CPR skills he learned from the TV show The Office. Despite no formal medical training, his quick action and recall […]
Getting leads having patients and getting appointments are three of the most important things for any medical practice to do in their lives. If you want to build a practice, then you will need to make sure that the most valuable thing in your life as a medical professional which is your patients are well […]
