In this week’s edition of the Heartbeat Blog, we will begin a discussion on urinary tract infections as a precursor to our upcoming lecture series on “The CNA role in identifying patients at risk for a UTI.” […]
In this week’s edition of the Heartbeat Blog, we will continue to discuss our upcoming lecture series on “Assisting Residents with Heart Disease and Promoting Heart Health.” Today we will continue our discussion on heart failure. Symptoms of Congestive Heart Failure: Why So Congested? Have you ever heart the term congestive heart failure? Does it make you wonder why the heart is so congested? As we learned last week, when a person has heart failure the heart is not as effective [...]
In this week’s edition of the Heartbeat Blog, we will continue to discuss our upcoming lecture series on “Assisting Residents with Heart Disease and Promoting Heart Health.” Today’s we will define and discuss heart failure. Heart Failure: Why is the Heart Failing? Heart failure is a very common disease. According to the CDC, 5.7 million individuals in the U.S. have heart failure, and about half of these individuals newly diagnosed with heart failure die within five years of receiving their [...]
In this week’s edition of the Heartbeat Blog, we will continue to discuss our upcoming lecture series on “Assisting Residents with Heart Disease and Promoting Heart Health.” Today’s discussion will focus on helping us understand the meaning of heart disease. Heart Disease: Is it a Disease? According to the CDC, heart disease is the leading cause of death for both men and women. About 1 in 4 individuals die from heart disease. That’s a staggering and frightening number. But what is [...]
In this week’s edition of the Heartbeat Blog, we will continue to discuss our upcoming lecture series on “Assisting Residents with Heart Disease and Promoting Heart Health.” Today’s discussion will focus on the difference between a heart attack and cardiac arrest. It is important to know that one can lead to the other—a heart attack can cause cardiac arrest if untreated and severe—, but they are not synonymous. The Difference Between a Heart Attack and Cardiac Arrest Heart attacks are [...]
In this week’s edition of the Heartbeat Blog, we will continue to discuss our upcoming lecture series on “Assisting Residents with Heart Disease and Promoting Heart Health.” Remember why recognizing heart attack causes and symptoms is important: heart disease is the leading cause of death for both men and women in the U.S. Last week focused on prevention, specifically modifiable risk factors for heart disease. This week will focus on the pathophysiology of heart attacks and symptom recognition. Pathophysiology (what [...]
In this week’s edition of the Heartbeat Blog, we will begin to discuss one our upcoming lecture series on “Assisting Residents with Heart Disease and Promoting Heart Health.” Did you know that heart disease is the leading cause of death for both men and women United States? Roughly 610,000 people die of heart disease in the US every year--that equates to one out of every four deaths! Sadly, despite many risk factors that can be modified or eliminated, approximately [...]
In this week’s edition of the Heartbeat Blog, we will continue to explore one of our upcoming courses, Infection Control Guidelines for Long Term Care Facilities. As promised this week we are back with a blog discussing standard precautions to protect both you and your patients. This week we will be using the following eight scenarios to help teach what types of personal protective equipment (PPE) should be required to keep both you and your patients safe. Take a minute [...]
In this week’s edition of the Heartbeat Blog, we will continue to explore one of our upcoming courses, Infection Control Guidelines for Long Term Care Facilities. As we mentioned before, hospital acquired infections are largely preventable, but they continue to be one of the reasons for patients' mortality and morbidity. Give us a call at 510-452-1100 to learn more about our continuing education courses. Our courses will help prepare you for whatever being a CNA throws your way, from the [...]
In this week’s edition of the Heartbeat Blog, we will be exploring another of our continuing education titles, Infection Control Guidelines for Long Term Care Facilities. Hospital acquired infections continue to be a major contributor to the mortality and morbidity of our patients, yet they are largely preventable! Of course, if you'd like to learn more and earn some continuing education units in the process, be sure to give us a call at 510-452-1100. Courses are currently being offered in [...]
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