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Pediatric Drowning Prevention Guidelines Updated
American Academy of Pediatrics, May 2010
Never – even for a moment – leave small children alone or in the care of another young child while in bathtubs, pools, spas or wading pools, or near irrigation ditches or standing water. Bath seats cannot substitute for adult supervision. Empty water from buckets and other containers immediately after use. To prevent drowning in toilets, young children should not be left alone in the bathroom.Closely supervise children in and around water. With infants, toddlers and weak swimmers, an adult should be within an arm’s length. With older children and better swimmers, an adult should be focused on the child and not distracted by other activities.If children are in out-of-home child care, ask about exposure to water and the ratio of adults to children.
Poison Proofing Your Home
American Academy of Pediatrics, February 2010
Most poisonings occur when parents or caregivers are home but not paying attention. The most dangerous potential poisons are medicines, cleaning products, antifreeze, windshield wiper fluid, pesticides, furniture polish, gasoline, kerosene and lamp oil. Be especially vigilant when there is a change in routine. Holidays, visits to and from grandparents’ homes, and other special events may bring greater risk of poisoning if the usual safeguards are defeated or not in place.
Fundimentals Of A Workplace First Aid Program
OSHA, 2006
Sudden cardiac arrest (SCA) may occur at work. According to recent statistics from the American Heart Association, there are 250,000 out-of-hospital SCAs annually. The actual number of SCAs that happen at work are unknown. If an employee collapses without warning and is not attended to promptly and effectively, the employee may die. Sudden cardiac arrest is caused by abnormal, uncoordinated beating of the heart or loss of the heartbeat altogether, usually as a result of a heart attack.
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OSHA Standards For Automated External Defibrillators
OSHA, November 2009
OSHA does not have standards specific to automated external defibrillators (AEDs). However, exposures to first-aid hazards are addressed in specific standards for the general industry. This page highlights standards, Federal Registers (rules, proposed rules, and notices), directives (instructions for compliance officers), and standard interpretations (official letters of interpretation of the standards) related to AEDs.
Aspirin Therapy In Diabetic Adults
American Heart Association, May 2010
Read the full articleLow-dose aspirin therapy is a reasonable measure to prevent a first heart attack or stroke among people with diabetes who also have a high risk for heart disease, according to a joint statement of the American College of Cardiology Foundation, the American Diabetes Association and the American Heart Association and published online in the journals of each organization, the Journal of the American College of Cardiology, Diabetes Care, and Circulation: Journal of the American Heart Association.
Make It Possible To Save Every Employee
Occupational Health and Safety, June 2010
Ken Firchow, McCain Foods Limited's director of global safety, said the availability of AEDs in the company’s facilities was sporadic until an employee collapsed after an asthma attack and was not successfully revived with CPR alone. This incident spurred the company to encourage all of its locations to invest in AEDs through its global distributor.Read the full article
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CPR & First Aid Guidelines UpdatedAmerican Heart Association, October 18, 2010
A new order for CPR, spelled C-A-B
The American Heart Association is re-arranging the ABCs of cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) in its 2010 American Heart Association Guidelines for Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation and Emergency Cardiovascular Care, published in Circulation: Journal of the American Heart Association.
Recommending that chest compressions be the first step for lay and professional rescuers to revive victims of sudden cardiac arrest, the association said the A-B-Cs (Airway-Breathing-Compressions) of CPR should now be changed to C-A-B (Compressions-Airway-Breathing).
"They" Didn't Have An AED
Will the 6 o' clock news give your company positive PR?
June, 2011
Public access defibrillators are becoming ubiquitous in public spaces, including workplaces. What is strange is that some of the most public work environments -- those in retail and hospitality businesses -- are lagging the trend.
Free CPR iPhone Application
April 24, 2011
Download a free CPR training application for your iPhone. Review all the videos you see on this site at the touch of a button where ever you go.
Resuscitation: AEDs are safe in helicopters, with caveats
Cardiovascular Business, Feb 27, 2011
Three commercially available automated external defibrillators (AEDs) correctly analyzed heart rhythms in an in-motion helicopter on a manikin and a human volunteer. While researchers call for further studies, they were encouraged by the results, according to a study in published online Jan. 25 in Resuscitation.
Strangers Are Unwilling to Use AEDs in a Pinch
Med Page Today, Feb 7, 2011
If presented with a situation where you could save someone's life in public with an automated external defibrillator (AED), would you? One survey found less than half of people would be willing to do so.
CPR Training Should be High School Graduation Requirement
OHS Online, Jan 13, 2011
All secondary school students should be required to be trained in cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and receive an overview of automated external defibrillators (AEDs), according to an American Heart Association science advisory.
911 Emergency ROCKsponse - Paramedic Rap
June 20, 2011
This video is a riot!
Please don't take any of
it too serious, in fact take
none of it serious.
Just sit back and laugh.
AHA's Hands-Only Video for June's
CPR Month
June 30, 2011
Ken Jeong, star of this summer's blockbuster "Hangover 2" and NBC's "Community," combines his comedic prowess with his medical training in a new Hands-Only CPR video from the American Heart Association that uses the disco hit "Stayin' Alive" to help people remember what to do in a sudden cardiac arrest.
One-fifth of AED failures traced to battery, power problems
AED Failure Rates investigated
August 30, 2011
An analysis of reports of automated external defibrillator (AED) failures in which a patient died found that nearly half of the failures occurred during an attempt to charge and deliver a shock, and more than a fifth involved battery and power problems. But authors of the report, published Aug. 29 in the Annals of Emergency Medicine, cautioned that the federal database’s limitations made calculating failure incidence rates problematic.
RTI President's response: Although we infrequently see techonogical malfunctions in AED hardware, it is glaringly obvious that the majority of the time the AED components fail because the human factor failed. Regular maintenance checks as required by California State regulations is essential to maintaining your AED equipment.
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