These guidelines are intended for individuals who are charged with the responsibility of carrying out neonatal resuscitation. The guidelines are applicable to neonates who are making the transitional development from life in the uterus to the outside world. They are also relevant for neonates who have finished perinatal transition, and would have to be resuscitated […]
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Does your household have an emergency preparedness plan? If so, does it include your pets? If you have pets, be sure to read further and learn how to make a comprehensive emergency contingency plan. With natural and man-made disasters occurring more frequently, more and more households are now creating their own emergency preparedness plan. People
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Cardiac arrest is one of the leading causes of deaths in the US, with a person dying of a heart-related condition every 33 seconds. However, the survival rate for sudden cardiac arrest is quite high if proper medical attention is given. In most CPR courses, this means a quick call for medical assistance, the administering
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Emergency decontamination procedures are the various processes of removing accumulated contaminants which are very critical to the health and safety of health care providers by preventing secondary contamination between health care workers and other patients within the health care facility. Emergency decontamination procedures should have a definitive plan in educating the employees both medical and
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Heart Attack Must-Knows First aid for heart attack can greatly improve the outcome of victims. But before you can provide first aid, you need to know more about heart attack. When you talk about heart attack, you can forget about the ‘six degrees of separation rule’. It is a very common disease. Almost everyone has
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Rescuing victims in the water When rescuing victims in the water the “Reach-throw-row-go” is the most preferred approach in this type of rescue. It follows a sequence of quick but careful steps in handling and rescuing victims trapped in any water environment. The Reach-throw-row-go approach is as follows: If the victim is within reach and
