I think that this will help save so many and having them identified in the park brochures is another plus. Just my hearty observation for the day. By the way, the kids loved Hollywood studios!

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AED’s everywhere at Disney!

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AED: Have you seen them in action?

With that being said, are you prepared to administer CPR at home if need be?

According to the American Heart Association 80% of all out-of-hospital cardiac arrests happen at home so being trained in cardiopulmonary resuscitation can mean the difference between life and death for a loved one.    

This is very important as it is pool and water season among the Northern hemisphere.  It is important to stay current with CPR as well- as it changes every so often based on research and clinical trials and practices. The number of chest compressions has increased as of late. Are you prepared?

via KTEN.com

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Are you prepared to administer CPR?

Suffering from cardiac arrest while staying in a hospital might be more deadly than receiving such a fit at a crowded airport, according to a new study.

Being a nurse, I find this hard to believe. I would think that we would respond quicker and get CPR and an ET tube in place quicker than an innocent bystander looking for the AED on the wall. I can not remember more than a 3-4 minute lag or down time for any code situation that I have ever personally been involved in. And what if the person needs to be trached or a balloon pump inserted for concractility of a mushy heart? I don’t see that happening on a mall floor.

The study published by the New England Journal of Medicine stated that in 1/3 of all hospital cardiac arrests, nurses and doctors did not move quickly enough resulting in brain deprivation and death. Hmm… I don’t know about this one. What do you think?

via Mens Daily Health

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Safer To Cardiac Arrest In A Mall Bathroon Than A Hospital…

The new research suggest that the tornado like activity of V-Fib and its electrical waves is organized into spiral vortices, no matter what species of mammal is experiencing the VF. These vortices or rotors as they are sometimes called, keep the heart’s pumping chambers from pumping in sync, thus disorganized impulses and ultimately death.

The paper also shows that across animal species — from mice and guinea pigs to sheep and humans — the frequency of the VF activity can be scaled using a universal formula related to body mass. So too can the size of the core of the electrical rotors — the “eyes” of the individual electrical storms.

This means that body size aside, the rate of fibrillation changes accordingly which is very, very exciting news. Did I say very? Uh huh, indeed! This helps in erasing previous concerns about the relevance of studies in small animals like mice to understand the most lethal cardiac arrhythmia in people.

Currently the placement of AED’s, internally implanted AICD’s and quick 911 response are the only saving graces for those that experience ventricular fibrillation. Even working in a hospital critical care setting I can assure you that this is the most lethal arrhythmia and time is of the essence.

read more here

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New Insight Into Ventricular Fibrillation (V-fib)