Category Archives: First Aid
Bride saves guest at wedding with CPR!
A British bride, who works as a nurse, gave a man CPR when he suddenly collapsed at her wedding, prompting U.K. tabloids to declare she gave the man the “kiss of life.”
Kylie and Russell Cox were slated to get married when a guest collapsed and she gave the man mouth-to-mouth CPR in a purported heart [...]
Student rescuer jumps into action!
Trevor Brown didn’t think or hesitate, he just acted when he saw a stranger have a cardiac event and stop breathing at Del Mar Highlands Town Center on April 10.
Follow Up To The CPR Death At Glenwood Gardens
By now you know the story—or at least think you do: A nursing home nurse sees an 87-year-old resident in cardiac arrest and calls 911. Despite desperate pleas of the call center operator, the nurse refuses to do CPR and the resident dies.
Except most of the story isn’t true. Lorraine Bayless lived at a Bakersfield [...]
Many hospitalized children who require prolonged CPR still survive!
Thanks to the AHA for this valuable study!
Study Highlights:
Many hospitalized children survive after prolonged resuscitation (more than 35 minutes) for cardiac arrest.
The right place at the right time!
Oct. 13, 2012, was one of those days when nothing seemed to go right.
Chad Jackson was in a foul mood. The truck he relied upon for his summer lawn-mowing business was broken down. Some of his customers wanted their lawn mowed, which exacerbated his grumpiness. It was October. Who mows their lawn in October? But [...]
Lawmakers propose CPR training for all drivers.
The Joint Committee on Transportation will be meeting on Wednesday and one of the bills up for discussion would require drivers to be certified in CPR.
The goal behind the proposed bill, number 6054, is “to increase cardiac arrest save rates by requiring cardiopulmonary resuscitation training prior to the issuance of a motor vehicle operator’s license.”
The bill [...]
Compression only CPR improves survival with good brain function
December 10, 2012
Study Highlights:
A new Japanese study shows that early compression-only CPR, without rescue breathing, kept more people alive with good brain function after they had a sudden cardiac arrest.
Survival rates of more than 40 percent were noted when cardiac arrests were observed, bystanders provided early compression-only CPR, and an electric shock was [...]
911 dispatchers pushing CPR more agressively
COLUMBUS, Ohio — A woman called 911 recently and told dispatchers that her grandmother wasn’t breathing. The Columbus firefighter who took the call double-checked the address and phone number and then told the woman that they were going to start CPR together.
She hesitated but answered yes when Russell McGinnis asked whether she knew how to [...]
The problem with manual CPR
Approximately 460,000 individuals die every year from out-of-hospital cardiac arrest
Joanna’s awesome CPR story
Joanna trained in first aid as part of her job. She was the Health and Safety Assistant at law firm Hogan Lovell, and so was responsible for monitoring the first aid cover for the firm.