Category Archives: CPR
The Seattle Study
According to the American Heart Association, the survival rate of people who experience sudden cardiac arrest is 5 times higher (40%) than Continue reading The Seattle Study
HDWT teams up with All-Dent Learning Center
Have Dummy Will Travel, Inc. and All-Dent Learning Center, Inc. team up to bring dental professionals high quality training and dental CE credits. Beginning in October, Continue reading HDWT teams up with All-Dent Learning Center
Responding to Medical Emergencies in the Dental Environment
Are you prepared for an emergency? As healthcare practitioners, you rely on your professional judgment to provide your patients with the best dental care possible. Many years of study, training and internship go into making what most Continue reading Responding to Medical Emergencies in the Dental Environment
Responding to Emergencies in the Workplace
Federal labor law for occupational safety and health (29 CFR 1910.15) requires that all workplaces not within “near proximity” to an infirmary, clinic or hospital have at least one person trained to render first aid and that adequate Continue reading Responding to Emergencies in the Workplace
The Importance of AED Maintenance and Visibility
Although Automated External Defibrillators (AEDs) are instrumental in converting lethal heart rhythms into better manageable ones, an AED is useless if it doesn’t work or if no one is willing to use it. According to a recent report published in the Annals of Emergency Medicine, 1,150 cardiac arrest deaths in a 15 year period are connected to the failure of an AED. Continue reading The Importance of AED Maintenance and Visibility
Automated External Defibrillators (AEDs)
By learning CPR, you know how to keep a person’s blood oxygenated and circulating throughout the body when their own heart and lungs cannot. But CPR does not treat the underlying cause of cardiac arrest.