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The Safety Benefits of AEDs in Schools

Sudden cardiac arrest doesn’t pick and choose based on age. It can strike anyone, even the youngest among us who are just walking in the bustling hallways of our schools. Some studies show that almost 20,000 U.S. children experience sudden cardiac arrest a year. Although we cannot help all these cases, having an AED close…

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Common Myths About CPR

We’ve all heard about CPR, but not many of us possess the necessary skills and knowledge to perform it. Even though it’s a concept dating back to 1740, CPR is often incorrectly performed and, in some cases, not performed at all. Often, you’d hear a person say they know how to perform CPR, as they’ve…

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The Different Types of AED Monitors

It’s a good idea to learn the different types of AED monitors to know which one you need. Without defibrillators, a person going into cardiac arrest might not get the right help to regain consciousness. People who suffer an out-of-hospital cardiac arrest and are treated with an AED in the first 10 minutes of the…

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What If Ribs Break During CPR?

The aim of this article is to address the fact that in the medical world, there appears to exist a lot of fear when it comes to delivering CPR from laypeople when in the absence of emergency medical personnel. This is based on the risk of doing more damage to the patient than good.  One…

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