Sports Injuries for Children: CPR and First Aid Training for Parents

Sports Injuries for Children: CPR and First Aid Training for Parents

The score bantered back and forth until about midway through the third quarter when the players began to fatigue. Slowly, the gap formed, and our team fell behind by 10 points. I knew the game was essentially over, and my interest shifted to the players, the staggering difference in their heights and sizes (even though […]

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Gaining a Better Understanding of Fear – BLS and First Aid

I know numerous people who have told me they tend to shy away from taking classes due to an overwhelming feeling of text anxiety. Even when a course is beneficial, fun and enlightening, that last requirement of taking “the test” sends very intelligent and capable people running the other direction. So how does that happen?

Sleep’s Affect on Heart Disease – BLS Basics

A marriage exists between two necessary parts of living – the need for a solid night’s sleep and cardiac health. Yet it is often a love-hate relationship between sleep and our heart. Indeed, to be lacking in either can lead to a rapid decline in overall wellness. How is this possible?

Basic Life Support Training Orange County

For most, beginning the day without a morning cup of java is unthinkable. In fact, coffee is the mainstay breakfast beverage for over 80% of the adult US population. So how does drinking coffee every day affect your heart? The answer might surprise you.

Babysitters and CPR

Does your babysitter have the skills to intervene in an emergency with your little one? Do you as a child care provider know what to do when seconds count? Find out more about babysitting, child care and CPR.

Children’s Injuries and Sports – CPR and First Aid

Children get hurt as they play and injury is part of growing up. But what can be done to minimize the potential for childhood injury? Several steps can be taken and as responsible adults, we need to know what to do to keep our kids safe at play.

Chest Pain in Children – PALS to the Rescue (part two)

Uncommon to children is the complaint of chest pain that is related to cardiac injury or illness. Typical pediatric chest pain complaints are due to minor injury, illness or even stress. But when there is a cardiac cause for a child’s chest pain, serious concerns can be raised.

Chest Pain in Children – PALS Training to the Rescue

Occasionally, children complain that their “chest hurts”. Of course, with an adult, one would automatically assume “chest pain” signifies heart problems. But is this the case with children’s complaints of chest discomfort?

President’s Day and ACLS

If President George Washington had been able to call 9-1-1, would he have survived the pneumonia that eventually took his life?

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