New Classes
AHA BLS for Healthcare Providers Description AHA BLS for Healthcare Providers Note: Course intended participants: Nurses, Nursing Students, Physicians, Dental professionals, PA’s, Paramedics, Respiratory therapists, Medical assistants, life guards, and other healthcare providers who are required to respond to a cardiac arrest in a healthcare environment. Cards are issued the…
Wednesday, March 8, 2017 ACLS Provider Update – Description ACLS Provider The ACLS provider course provides the knowledge and skills needed to evaluate manage the first 10 minutes of an adult ventricular fibrillation/ventricular tachycardia (VF/VT) arrest. Providers are expected to learn to manage 10 core ACLS cases: a respiratory emergency,…
Online Only
They’re everywhere on the Internet: seemingly legitimate organizations offering “instant” CPR or first aid certification for busy people who are required to hold current certification. And it often says right on those websites that online-only CPR or first aid certification is “nationally accepted“. It is not. No major nationally recognized…
Fraud Warning and Scam Alert
Individuals orchestrating frauds and scams use clever schemes to defraud millions of people every year. They often combine sophisticated technology with age-old tricks to get people to send money or give out personal information. They add new twists to old schemes including, at times, using the American Heart Association’s name…
Buyer Beware!
Buyer Beware! Don’t Be Fooled by Online-Only CPR or First Aid Certification Scams. A Public Service announcement from the Health & Safety Institute and the National Safety Council They’re everywhere on the Internet: seemingly legitimate organizations offering “instant” CPR or first aid certification for busy people who are required to…
Update to Instructions for Use of Epinephrine Autoinjectors
STATEMENT: Update to Instructions for Use of Epinephrine Autoinjectors February 7, 2017 The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has recently updated the patient instructions for epinephrine autoinjectors. The FDA recommends that the leg be held firmly in place during the injection, and that the epinephrine pen be held in…
Three little-known signs a Heart Attack
This is a true story: Not long ago, my friend Mike went to grab his cellphone when he noticed a few missed calls from his mother and a text message that simply said… “Please call me as soon as possible” Sensing something was wrong, he called back right away, and…