CPR
In this episode, our co-hosts welcome Medtronic’s Holly Stewart, who explains the history of capnography and offers insight into its use for DKA and sepsis monitoring
From dangerous active shooter events, to ET3, Ebola, opioids and community paramedicine, EMS providers faced many significant incidents and evolving trends in the 2010s
Performed CPR on 92-year-old man after extricating him from submerged vehicle; patient at hospital in critical condition
Language barriers and lack of knowledge about cardiac arrest symptoms were also cited in a study seeking to increase public education around CPR and emergency services
Lifeguards and beachgoers tried to rescue him; he was unresponsive when responders performed CPR and was pronounced at a local hospital
Lifeguards pulled him from the water off Huntington Beach and performed CPR, but he died at a hospital
Nearly 500 AEDs have been placed in shops, businesses and gyms in past six months as part of the ‘Shockingly Easy’ campaign
Multiple studies look at the pre-hospital use of amiodarone, how it relates to ROSC, and if it should be the antiarrhythmic of choice for cardiac arrest patients
Patrick O’Brien and two former paramedics resuscitate a man down at a Canadian hockey game
Gander Flyers goalie Patrick O’Brien ran from the dressing room and began chest compressions on an unresponsive fan in cardiac arrest
Research shows dispatcher-assisted CPR increases the chance of surviving sudden cardiac arrest
Firefighters climbed through a window to pull her out; she was not breathing so they performed CPR
She found him face down in a hotel lobby hours after giving an American Heart Association presentation
The high school student sprang to action when an 11-month old stopped breathing at a Wal-Mart
The simulators include 20 cardiopulmonary resuscitation head-and-chest training mannequins and three – an adult, a child and an infant – intubation heads for breathing-tube training
Doctors were preparing to call time of death after her heart stopped during a cesarean section
The scene captivated 19,441 fans, the game stopped and both teams watched in worry; the 67-year-old woman died less than 24 hours later at a hospital
Remaining on scene for 30 minutes to treat cardiac arrest patients has led to three times more CPR saves in a six-month period
The girl was unresponsive when the man and his sister pulled her from the pond and began CPR
When a 73-year-old man went into cardiac arrest they performed CPR and used a defibrillator to get his pulse back before paramedics arrived
The blow knocked the man and his dog into a ditch and flung the 2-year-old down the roadside
Jessica Galvin made the life-saving call to treat him on the scene; she is the first woman to receive her community’s local EMT of the Year award
She had only one working lung and died of a heart abnormality; it’s unclear whether fear played a role
Twenty states already require the training, with 20 others placing the issue on upcoming agendas
After losing her daughter, 14, to cardiac arrest during soccer practice she hopes the event raised awareness of hands-only CPR and promoted a bill to teach the technique to middle and high school students.
Firefighters and medics attempted to revive the infant, but were not successful
The 13-year-old rushed to start a CPR technique that he’d learned in school, after his father suffered a sudden heart-attack
Thirteen devices will be available for youth sports teams, churches and anyone CPR-certified after a Ga. couple’s son died while an AED was locked up inside a nearby school
After administrating CPR during the incident a fellow educator is using her EMT certification to spread awareness among students
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