Tag Archives: Few Minutes

A quick review of seizures…

Seizures are uncontrolled electrical activity in the brain that may lead to symptoms that may range from mild loss of attention to violent muscular contractions that can lead to death. Everyone has the potential to have seizures. Some people have them frequently. Seizure disorders vary tremendously. Some people have only an occasional seizure, and other [...]

911 protocol question for Adults vs. Children/Infants

Here’s a great question that one of our instructors had.  I love it when instructors are continually trying to broaden their knowledge.
Keep up the good work!

Chest Compression Only CPR

Not long ago, a story ran on a national morning talk show about a new way of performing CPR using chest compressions only. The story was mistakenly interpreted as “new guidelines,” and it left many wondering about the validity of chest compression only CPR. The following is The American Heart Associations position on chest compression [...]