CPR - infant Email this page to a friend Share on facebook Share on twitter Bookmark & Share Printer-friendly version CPR stands for cardiopulmonary resuscitation. It is a lifesaving procedure that is done when someone ’s breathing or heartbeat has stopped. This may happen after drowning‚ suffocation‚ choking‚ or other injuries. CPR involves: • Rescue breathing‚ which provides oxygen to the lungs. • Chest compressions‚ which keep the blood flowing. Permanent brain damage or death can occur within
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Upper Saddle River: Pearson‚ 2006. Print. “Cardiac Arrest.” Dictionary.com. Dictionary‚ 2012. Web. 05 Feb. 2012. “Cardiac Arrest in the Emergency Department: A Report From the National Registry of Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation.” Resuscitation: Official Journal of the European Resuscitation Council. 28 May 2008: n. pag. Web. 02 Feb 2012. “CPR and Sudden Cardiac Arrest (SCA) Fact Sheet.” Heart.org American Heart Association‚ June 2011. Web. 02 Feb. 2012. “Heart Disease and Stroke Statistics – 2012 Update:
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Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) CPR is a medical procedure for providing artificial respiration and blood circulation when normal breathing and blood circulation have stopped (Encyclopedia Britannia‚ 2007) CPR keeps oxygenated blood flowing to the brain and heart (Laffitte‚ 2006) until medical professionals arrive to perform defibrillation. CPR is an emergency procedure used on someone whose heart has stopped beating or who is not breathing; this procedure could save their life. CPR is a
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Neonatal Nurse Normally‚ when people think of nurse who are not familiar with health care careers‚ think of someone who takes care of the elderly or with adults in the hospital. What many people don’t know that there are several different kinds of nurses in the medical field. Personally‚ I would love to be a neonatal nurse. A Neonatal Nurse is a Nurse specializes with infants who are severely ill or born prematurely and need intensive care. A Neonatal Nurses job duties and responsibilities go way
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Jaundice in Newborns Jaundice is caused by an increase in blood levels of bilirubin‚ which is a waste product made when haemoglobin in red blood cells is broken down. Newborn babies have immature liver enzymes and are unable to chemically transform (metabolise) this bilirubin effectively for later excretion. Babies who are born underweight and those born to diabetic mothers are particularly likely to become jaundiced. Physiological Jaundice A natural build-up of unmetabolised bilirubin is
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The importance of learning Basic CPR The average person may think he is able to perform CPR‚ but mastering this vital skill can save a life. When people talk about learning Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation most seem to think they will never need it because of course that’s what 911 is for and they are trained to save lives right? That’s true however‚ learning basic CPR can mean the difference between life and death in someone you love or care about. CPR can be just as vital as learning how to swim
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* "CPR Statistics." American heart association. June 2011. Accessed Feb 2013. www.heart.org * American Heart Association. Heartsaver First Aid CPR AED. United States: First American Heart Association Printing‚ March 2011. * “Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation.” Wikipedia. February 27‚ 2013. Accessed Feb 2013. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cardiopulmonary_resuscitation
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Many people these days have heard of cardiopulmonary resuscitation‚ better known as CPR. I am going to go over the different steps of infant‚ child‚ and adult CPR. If you were not educated on it then I hope it will give you basic and fair instructions how to perform CPR. And for many I hope it can also count as a refresher. I will start with infant CPR. This would be used on a child who is less than one years of age. The first step is to determine whether or not the infant is responsive. Shout and
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The “How To” Save a Life Essay There are certain skills you should have in your tool belt‚ but you never want to use. In the emergency of a Cardiac arrest‚ quality and effective applications of the lifesaving techniques of Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) are crucial to saving the victim’s life. Cardiac arrest is the abrupt loss of heart function‚ not to be confused with a heart attack. A heart attack is a blockage that stops blood flow to the heart‚ but do not necessarily result in death
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perform it‚ I will demonstrate how to properly do CPR. Body I. Main Point #1 – First off‚ it’s vitally important to understand what CPR is and how it works. A. According to the Britannica Concise Encyclopedia in 2009‚ CPR (or cardiopulmonary resuscitation) is a medical procedure for providing artificial respiration and blood circulation when normal breathing and blood circulation have stopped‚ usually as a result of trauma such as heart attack or near drowning. (Definition) 1. According to
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