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A broad resource hub covering how healthcare professionals learn, train, and stay current. Topics span AHA guideline updates, training format comparisons, hands-on certification requirements, Magnet hospital status, and the case for continuing education throughout your career. If you’re trying to understand your options or make smarter decisions about your training, start here.

31 07, 2019

EMT Certification Requirements

July 31st, 2019|Career Programs, EMT Training|

Working as an EMT can be incredibly rewarding if you long to help those who are unable to help themselves. As an EMT, you will provide health support to individuals of all ages who are not yet at the hospital. This could include stabilizing them, providing life-sustaining support and transporting them. Although many of your runs as an EMT will be for routine everyday needs, such as transporting nursing home patients to appointments, you will certainly have some trips [...]

26 07, 2019

Work Hard, Play Hard: After the CNA Certifications

July 26th, 2019|Classes, Education|

Getting your CNA certification is certainly something of which you can be proud. However, it is also very stressful to be heading into a new job. If you have been feeling a new mental or physical strain during this time, you may be able to benefit from some exercise, exciting sports or playful downtime. Even if working out or playing sound just like one more thing to fit into your already packed schedule, you may be surprised to discover how [...]

24 07, 2019

ACLS Drugs Based on EKG Interpretation

July 24th, 2019|ACLS, Education|

One of the biggest differences between having a BLS certification and a more advanced ACLS certification is the difference in what you will be allowed to do during a code. While BLS focuses on the basic life support skills of CPR, ACLS builds on that information with more advanced knowledge of how to respond to a patient during respiratory arrest, cardiac arrest, shock, acute coronary syndrome or stroke. You will learn more about airway management, and you will focus [...]

3 05, 2019

V-Tach: When to Worry and When to Treat

May 3rd, 2019|ACLS, Education, EMT Training|

The key to responding appropriately to your patients when they’re in life-threatening situations is to be able to recognize what the problem is quickly and to get them the appropriate treatment without delay. However, their symptoms may not always match up with what you believe the EKG rhythm is showing. One of the most potent examples of this is in patients with ventricular tachycardia. Tachycardia usually refers to any heart rhythm over 120 beats per minute, but emergency treatments [...]

1 05, 2019

Get Continuing Education Hours with Recertification Courses

May 1st, 2019|Education|

Nearly every type of career sees changes over the years. Health care, technology, food preparation, manufacturing, agriculture and even clothes manufacturing have changed over the decades. Although it can be difficult to see these changes when you're hyper-focused on your career, they become much easier to see when you examine the changes over the preceding centuries. Nearly all fields have become more streamlined. Work goes faster, digital technology has taken over most fields and health care has changed as [...]

26 04, 2019

How AEDs Work and Why Early Defibrillation Matters

April 26th, 2019|ACLS, Advanced Nursing, BLS, Classes, CPR Training Articles, Education|

Do you know what to do in a life-threatening emergency? When someone’s heart stops, you can’t simply rely on what you’ve seen on television shows to guide your resuscitation attempts. Instead, you need solid, science-based knowledge. AEDs have proven to be the best options for saving lives in many scenarios, especially in out-of-hospital, community emergencies. By knowing how to use an AED, you can feel more confident when you’re placed in emergency situations. Plus, you can make use of [...]

3 04, 2019

What Kind of CNA Classes Can I Take?

April 3rd, 2019|Education|

It's vital to continue learning within any career, but this idea of continuing your education is especially important when it comes to health care. Health care requirements and recommendations are constantly changing as researchers discover new things about the human body, diseases and medical treatments. If you’re a CNA, you'll want to take continuing CNA classes not only for your own personal career gains but also for your state’s legal requirements. Why Take CNA Classes?  CNA certifications must be maintained [...]

22 03, 2019

Benefits of Getting BLS Certification for Lay People

March 22nd, 2019|BLS, Education|

Basic Life Support, or BLS, training shouldn’t just be dedicated to health care professionals. Many people in other professions, as well as non-working lay people, can benefit from a quick class during which they learn how to provide rescue care and use an AED until emergency personnel arrive on the scene. Are you one of them?

20 03, 2019

Understanding the CAB Sequence in Modern CPR

March 20th, 2019|CPR Training Articles, Education|

From your earliest moments in the health care field, you probably remember learning about the “ABCs of CPR.” This was taught for approximately 40 years in BLS and advanced life-saving classes. Would it surprise you to learn that the American Heart Association no longer stands by this sequence? Instead, the organization updated its recommendations in 2010 to change the sequence, thus creating a better likelihood that lives would be saved while simultaneously helping you make smarter, faster decisions as [...]

15 03, 2019

What Is Pediatric Advanced Life Support?

March 15th, 2019|Advanced Nursing, Education|

PALS stands for Pediatric Advanced Life Support and in some ways mirrors the ACLS certification for adult patients. This certification tells those you work with as well as your employer that you know how to respond to emergency situations with speed and accuracy. It also demonstrates that you are a knowledgeable team leader and that you are committed to the best possible care for your pediatric population. 

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