THINK YOU ARE HAVING A STROKE? CALL 9-1-1 IMMEDIATELY!
F.A.S.T. is an easy way to remember the sudden signs of stroke. When you can spot the signs, you’ll know that you need to call 9-1-1 for help right away. F.A.S.T. is:
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Face Drooping – Does one side of the face droop or is it numb? Ask the person to smile. Is the person’s smile uneven? |
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Arm Weakness – Is one arm weak or numb? Ask the person to raise both arms. Does one arm driftdownward? |
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Speech Difficulty – Is speech slurred? Is the person unable to speak or hard to understand? Ask the person to repeat a simple sentence, like “The sky is blue.” Is the sentence repeated correctly? |
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Time to call 9-1-1 – If someone shows any of these symptoms, even if the symptoms go away, call 9-1-1 and get the person to the hospital immediately. Check the time so you’ll know when the first symptoms appeared. |
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Did you know that four out of five cardiac arrests happen at home? If called on to administer CPR in an emergency, the life you save is likely to be that of a child, spouse, parent, or friend. Prepare yourself! Come and learn life-saving CPR and AED use, as well as how to relieve choking in adults, children, and infants. This hands-on course is taught in a relaxed and comfortable environment by certified instructors and is designed for anyone with limited or no medical training. Upon completion, participants will receive an CPR AED Course Completion Card.
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Babies and small children can choke on food, coins or other small objects within their grasps, eat or drink detergents and other harmful substances they were able to reach, slip and slide on the pool or bath tub, get their necks entangled with appliance wires or curtain drawstrings, or their heads caught in plastic bags. In fact, accidents can and occasionally do happen to babies and small children no matter the extent of precaution taken. If only for this reason, parents and those who as part of their job take care of babies and small children would do well to get some pediatrics CPR training so that they are equipped to deal with such emergencies.
When an adult needs CPR, more often than not it is because of a heart attack or cardiac seizure resulting from an arrhythmia, a condition characterized by very rapid, very erratic heart beats. Here, using CPR with an AED is generally the most advisable option. The electric shock administered by the AED can momentarily halt the heart, giving it enough pause to allow it to re-establish normal rhythm. On the other hand, when a toddler or a small child is in need of CPR, the most common reason is because of a blocked airway passage. The difficulty in breathing results to oxygen deprivation of the body which in turn triggers a cardiac arrest. In this instance, the highest priority when giving CPR is first making sure that the airway passage of the toddler or child is cleared free from any blockage.
With that, after having called 911 for emergency medical assistance, here are two things you may want to remember when giving CPR to a baby or a small child:
1. If you believe that something is stuck in the airway, and the toddler or child is unconscious, open his or her mouth and look for the object. If you can see it, remove with your fingers. If he or she is conscious, and the object cannot be removed with the fingers, position the baby or child face down and deliver five firm blows between the shoulder blades to dislodge the stuck object. If the object remains stuck, position the baby or child on his or her back with the head lower than the rest of the body, then use the pad of your fingers to push the chest one and a half inches inward five times. Push five times. Following this, repeat the blows between the shoulder blades to dislodge the object. Continue alternating the five chest compression-five back blow cycle until the object is spitted out or until the baby or child can breathe again. If the baby or child suffered a near-drowning submersion, you do not need to remove the water from the airway passage before proceeding with CPR. If the baby or child cannot breathe because of swollen air passage resulting from allergic reaction, you should also immediately proceed with CPR until medical help arrives.
2. If the baby or child is not breathing, give two rescue breaths, with each breath lasting one second. Put your mouth over the child’s or baby’s and gently exhale until you see the chest rise. Pause to allow the air to flow back out, then repeat the process. Follow the two rescue breaths with 30 chest compressions. Continue the two rescue breath-30 chest compression cycle until the professional rescuers can take over. Always have in mind that your main objective in administering CPR to the baby or child is to keep the brain from dying or becoming permanently damaged from deprivation of oxygenated blood supply.
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Cardiac arrest and stroke incidents in the workplace along with work-related accidents are among the leading causes of death and disability and the most expensive medical conditions to bear for business establishments in general. Fortunately, employers can take initiative in instituting their own workplace safety measures that will help them keep their workforce stay healthy and productive as well as lower their insurance premiums, worker’s compensation claims and other direct and indirect health care costs. These measures may include the following:
1. A sufficient number of employees should be made to undergo formal CPR training and regular re-training. Provide them access to a nationally-recognized training course such as that offered by Oceanside CPR. With timely CPR intervention, death and disability in the workplace resulting from heart attacks and accidents may be kept in check and prevented from getting worse. In addition, AED devices should be placed in easy to reach sections of the work stations. According to the American Heart Association, at least 20,000 lives could be saved each year through prompt use of these portable electronic machines. Also, keep an adequate stock of medical and first aid supplies in the workplace at all times.
2. See to it that the workplace is at all times safe and secure. Minimize the risk of accidental electrocution by ensuring that all electrical connections and potentially dangerous electrical equipment are always in good condition and out of the way of the employees. Minimize the risk of accidental suffocation or asphyxiation by ensuring that there is adequate ventilation in every work station. Minimize the risk of slip-and-fall accidents by protecting entryways with matting that can keep water, dirt and debris outside from getting inside the workplace. Keep the workplace clean of contaminants and hazardous substances. Conduct frequent routine workplace safety and security inspections, including on precautions for fire safety and escape routes.
3. Institute health improvement plans and programs for the workers such as free or subsidized lifestyle counseling for those who are dealing with obesity problems, addictions and other related health-risk issues. Business establishments may also provide in-house exercise and fitness facilities, or subsidize the cost of membership in external gyms and private fitness clubs. They can likewise arrange that only healthy foods and drinks will be sold and served within the workplace premises. They should make blood pressure monitoring devices available for use by their employees any time they feel they want. It would help if they can also encourage them to take the stairs or even to walk to and from the workplace as often as possible. They could develop and cultivate a health and safety culture in the workplace among the employees by encouraging them with rewards or incentives for submitting doable, inexpensive health and safety suggestions.
Business establishments would do well to remember that managing health and safety in the workplace is not just about social responsibility or about complying with state and federal labor laws. Doing so will reduce their cost as well as increase their overall efficiency. Doing so makes perfect business sense.
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CPR, which is short for cardiopulmonary resuscitation, is an emergency first-aid procedure for helping a person who has stopped breathing or whose heart has stopped beating. Among other reasons, a person may stop breathing because of trauma to the nerves or muscles that control breathing following an accident, because of near-drowning, because of drug or alcohol abuse, because of a sudden blockage in a major artery in the lungs or because of stroke. On the other hand, a person may just suddenly have heart attack (myocardial infraction) or a sudden cardiac arrest (arrhythmia) because of hereditary factors or on account of an unhealthy lifestyle. In any event, a person who has stopped breathing or whose heart has stopped beating could die unless CPR is immediately administered.
Without CPR, a person who has stopped breathing or whose heart has stopped beating has less than 8 minutes before he or she dies or sustains irreversible brain damage. The brain needs a constant supply of oxygen-rich blood to survive. The brain itself cannot store oxygen. Following 3 minutes of oxygen deprivation, brain cells will begin dying. Since brain cells normally do not regenerate, the damage will likely be permanent. With CPR, it is possible to temporarily artificially restore breathing and blood circulation to the brain until professional medical help arrives.
Each year, according to the American Heart Association (AHA), about 7 million people suffer heart attacks and sustain disabling injuries resulting from accidents happening right within their own homes and backyards that could be helped from aggravating with CPR intervention. These incidents include electric shocks, suffocation, substance overdose, severe allergic reactions, drowning, choking, and in particular, heart attacks. Based on AHA statistics, there is a likely chance that 1 in 6 men and 1 in 8 women over 45 years old could have a heart attack or stroke at some point in their lives. Moreover, it is also likely that about 88 percent, or four out of five, cardiac arrests can happen inside the home. Thus, if you have undergone CPR training, the life you will save will likely be that of someone you love or at least acquainted with, that is, the life of your spouse, your parent, your child, a visiting friend, or your next-door neighbor.
In emergencies involving cardiac arrests, failure to provide CPR can needlessly lead to death. According to AHA, only eight percent of those who suffer cardiac arrests outside a hospital survive. However, if CPR is administered on time, a victim can get double, even triple his or her chance at surviving the cardiac arrest. Unfortunately, according to AHA statistics, only about 32 percent of victims receive CPR. An AHA estimate says that 100,000 to 200,000 lives each year could be saved by timely CPR intervention.
Take a CPR class today!
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