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8 02, 2019

5 Top Tips for Learning Your ACLS Algorithms

By |2019-06-24T13:28:32-07:00February 8th, 2019|ACLS, Classes, Education|Comments Off on 5 Top Tips for Learning Your ACLS Algorithms

Are you feeling stressed and nervous about your upcoming ACLS examination? You are certainly not alone. Nearly every person who has taken this test will admit to feeling at least some nerves as they prepped for the final examination and the mega code. However, the key for most people is to have the algorithm well-memorized. [...]

6 02, 2019

Caring for a Stroke Victim Using the Suspected Stroke Algorithm

By |2019-02-01T07:45:42-08:00February 6th, 2019|ACLS, Advanced Nursing|Comments Off on Caring for a Stroke Victim Using the Suspected Stroke Algorithm

If you’ve ever known someone who has suffered from a stroke, you know that some of the symptoms can be quite visible. Now that you are a health care practitioner, you must know even more about this potentially devastating health event so that you can provide the best quality of care and the fastest help [...]

1 02, 2019

Documentation During a Life-Threatening In-Hospital Event

By |2019-02-01T07:20:41-08:00February 1st, 2019|ACLS, Education|Comments Off on Documentation During a Life-Threatening In-Hospital Event

When you’re busy trying to save your patient’s life, probably the last thing on your mind is paperwork. After all, if you’re like most health care practitioners, paperwork is always to be dreaded and is only done because it’s required to be completed by law. While documentation during a code certainly is required by law, [...]

30 01, 2019

Cardiac Arrest: First Steps as a Trained Professional

By |2019-10-31T12:22:38-07:00January 30th, 2019|ACLS, CPR Training Articles|Comments Off on Cardiac Arrest: First Steps as a Trained Professional

One of the most nerve-wracking aspects of your job as a nurse, physician or other health care provider is the fact that you will be called on regularly to save lives. No matter how well you are trained and how easily you understood and passed your ACLS training, this is still a serious situation that [...]

25 01, 2019

CPR or Defibrillation First? A Look at the Best Practice for Treating Ventricular Fibrillation

By |2020-03-29T19:02:10-07:00January 25th, 2019|CPR Training Articles, Education|Comments Off on CPR or Defibrillation First? A Look at the Best Practice for Treating Ventricular Fibrillation

One of the stickiest issues as you deal with V-fib is knowing when you should defibrillate the patient and when you should continue with CPR. CPR is obviously necessary for perfusing the brain and the heart muscle, but defibrillation is vital for getting the heart back into a rhythm through which it can perfuse the [...]

23 01, 2019

Common Risk Factors and Signs of Impending Cardiac Arrest

By |2019-10-31T12:22:38-07:00January 23rd, 2019|Advanced Nursing|Comments Off on Common Risk Factors and Signs of Impending Cardiac Arrest

Cardiac arrest, which is what occurs when the heart stops pumping rhythmically and your patient no longer has a pulse, can be difficult to predict. Therefore, it’s often called sudden cardiac arrest, or SCA. However, as a trained health care professional, you should always be prepared for unexpected events such as this and should guard [...]

15 01, 2019

Understanding the 2015 Changes to ACLS Guidelines

By |2019-10-31T12:22:38-07:00January 15th, 2019|ACLS|Comments Off on Understanding the 2015 Changes to ACLS Guidelines

The American Heart Association comes out with a new version of their guidelines for BLS and ACLS every five years. Changes to the guidelines are designed to reflect current research and care standards with an emphasis put on the ultimate survival of every patient. The most recent set of guidelines came out in 2015, and [...]

9 01, 2019

What’s the Difference Between a Paramedic and an EMT?

By |2019-09-19T23:51:46-07:00January 9th, 2019|Career Programs, Education, EMT Training|Comments Off on What’s the Difference Between a Paramedic and an EMT?

When you hear the words EMT and paramedic, you might immediately think of those people who hop out of the backs of ambulances to help individuals in emergency situations. However, an EMT is actually different from a paramedic. While both may occasionally do some of the same tasks, one has a bit more education, training, [...]

4 01, 2019

Teamwork and Communication: the Basis for a Good ACLS Experience

By |2018-12-19T05:14:32-08:00January 4th, 2019|Advanced Nursing|Comments Off on Teamwork and Communication: the Basis for a Good ACLS Experience

Have you ever been part of a code where everything seemed to be spiraling out of control? Perhaps everyone was shouting something different, no one had the materials and medications that were needed and you had no idea what you were supposed to be doing. While this may be the reality in some situations, a [...]

2 01, 2019

5 Tips for Moving from General Floor to Critical Care Nursing

By |2020-01-01T20:19:03-08:00January 2nd, 2019|Advanced Nursing, Education|Comments Off on 5 Tips for Moving from General Floor to Critical Care Nursing

If you are like many nurses, you may be looking for a way to advance your career or get into a new field in nursing to breathe new life into your career. If you work in a large enough hospital, one option that may be easily open to you is a transition into critical care [...]

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