by Kaline ReineUpdated October 2026 with current American Heart Association and First Aid guidance. If you or someone near you may be having a heart attack, you may have only minutes to act. Some heart attacks are sudden and intense. Others begin more slowly with mild pain, pressure, shortness of breath, nausea, fatigue, or other symptoms that […]
by Tom SirmonsWritten by Tom SirmonsUpdated October 2026 with current pediatric CPR guidance. Sometimes the person who knows CPR happens to be in exactly the right place at exactly the right time. That is the lesson behind this older In-Pulse CPR story about Loraine Gray, a passerby who reportedly stopped to help when a 22-month-old girl became […]
by Carol TheisCPR Is for Someone Who Is Unresponsive and Not Breathing Normally Written by Carol TheisUpdated October 2026 with current American Heart Association CPR guidance. I once met a woman in a CPR class who told me she had never actually performed CPR, but she had almost done so. Naturally, I asked what happened. She explained […]
by Melanie PinetteHealthcare is a broad ever-changing science that will forever surprise us with new and improved life-saving procedures, devices, and medicines. We all wish to one day find the ‘Fountain of Youth’, but in reality, it’s the brilliant individuals in the health and science fields that are always hard at work to find the latest and greatest measures to prolong the human life.
by Mollie BowmanCardiopulmonary Resuscitation or CPR is simply a way of “buying time”
by Mollie BowmanCough CPR is referred to as a method of preventing a cardiac arrest if you are alone. I do not feel that “cough CPR” should be taught…
by Carin MangimeliThe dangers of cardiovascular disease have only become well-known within the last five years. As the leading cause death in women, it is a formidable disease that fells CEOs and stay-at-home moms alike.
by Karen HelmOur hands have been known to accomplish many things, but the greatest, is saving a life.
by Carin MangimeliThe American Heart Association recently changed the CPR guidelines to reflect five years of research indicating restarting blood circulation is more important…
by Nupur AgarwalReal CPR is very different from classroom CPR. You come in contact with a lot of bodily fluids when actually performing CPR in a real life situation. To assuage the public’s fear, CPR training now incorporates personal protective gear
by Mollie BowmanWhat is Capnography? Capnography is a monitoring tool used to measure the amount of carbon dioxide (CO₂) present in exhaled breath. Modern American Heart Association (AHA) resuscitation guidelines recommend the use of waveform capnography during advanced life support whenever available. In emergency medicine, capnography provides real-time information about ventilation, circulation, and metabolism. Because of this, […]
by Susan PattersonFresh, clean water, the great wellspring of life, is so simple it is often overlooked. The human body is comprised of anywhere between 55% – 78% water. The brain alone consists of 90% water, the blood 83%, muscle 75% and bone 22%. Water is essential for life, even more so than food. Most human beings can go weeks, even months without food […]