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09 Mar

Posted at 18:00h in Uncategorized

No crime was committed at a senior living facility where a staff member refused to perform CPR on an elderly woman who later died, Bakersfield (Calif.) police concluded. The investigation would appear to close the books on the case, which has generated national attention. Police began their probe Monday into Glenwood Gardens, where a woman who identified herself as a nurse refused to administer CPR to a woman as directed by a fire dispatcher. Read more...

08 Mar

Posted at 17:01h in Uncategorized

Use of a special kit to train parents of children at high risk of sudden cardiopulmonary arrest to perform CPR at home increased the likelihood that parents would know what to do in an emergency, researchers in an American Heart Association-funded study found. Moreover, use of the CPR training kit, which included a baby mannequin, also decreased the time nurses needed to spend briefing parents about CPR prior to discharge, reported Lynda J. Knight, RN, of Lucile Packard Children's Hospital at...

05 Mar

Posted at 16:51h in News

Bakersfield (Calif.) police are investigating a senior living facility over its handling of an 87-year-old woman who died after a staff member declined to perform CPR last week. A woman who identified herself as a nurse at Glenwood Gardens refused to give the woman CPR as directed by a Bakersfield fire dispatcher, saying that it was against the facility's policy for staff to do so, according to a 911 tape released by the Bakersfield Fire Department. Police are trying to "determine whether or not...

04 Mar

Posted at 18:31h in Uncategorized

Heathcare providers can now get lifesaving CPR and first aid information from two new apps launched by the American Heart Association: eHandbook of Emergency Cardiovascular Care (ECC) for Healthcare Providers and Full Code Pro. The eHandbook of ECC for Healthcare Providers App features the 2010 Handbook of Emergency Cardiovascular Care for Healthcare Providers, a reference tool used by hospital emergency personnel, first responders and advanced CPR instructors. Available for the iPad and iPhone through the Apple App Store, users will have mobile, quick access to the latest resuscitation science...

02 Mar

Posted at 23:47h in News

Outcomes for out-of-hospital cardiac arrest remain low, especially in ethnic neighborhoods, because educational messages about bystander CPR aren't getting through -- in part because they're not tailored to the audience receiving them, according to an advisory from the American Heart Association (AHA). Survival rates for out-of-hospital cardiac arrest vary geographically from 16% in Seattle to 0.2% in Detroit, according to the advisory, which was published in the Feb. 25 issue of Circulation. Bystanders provide CPR only 25% of the time, and 15%...