Hopefully, there is someone there who can neither call 911 or who could retrieve an automated external defibrillator. As soon as the defibrillator arrives, attacks the pads and follow all the verbal prompts. The AED may advise a shock. The AED will charge and be ready to deliver a jolt of electricity into the heart. You should make sure that compressions are ceased until the defibrillator has completed its process. The emergency medical services should arrive in less than 10 minutes at the patient’s side. Contact your local fire department or your hospital to learn more about CPR.

As we move forward into the new millennium, technology will help the Allied healthcare provider with the interpretation of EKG’s. We will be providing an online ACLS refresher course for those of you who need additional training. We will be teaching EKG as well as the ACLS algorithms. In addition, we will have video demonstrations on the core components of doing excellent cardiopulmonary resuscitation with the implementation of advanced life support. Our instructors will demonstrate how I’m Allied healthcare provider should transition from one algorithm to the next. For those of you who would be interested in purchasing our video, please fill free to contact us by phone or by e-mail. For any additional questions or further inquiries please reach us through our contact information page posted on our website.

The sino-atrial node is responsible for generating the initial impulse which travels down the internodal pathways until it reaches the AV nodal tissue. After reaching the halfway mark, the atrium will contract sending the remaining blood forcefully down into the ventricles. As a result, the ventricles become very pressurized and the papillary muscles are stretched and as they are stretched they contract in response to close the bicuspid as well as the tricuspid valves. The electrical impulse is released from the atrial ventricular node where it travels down the bundle of his until he separates into the right and left bundle branch respectively. The energy or the impulse continues on its journey until it reaches the Purkinje Fibers.

After the electrical impulse has reached the outermost portion of the ventricles, the lower portion of the myocardial tissue begins to contract. This contraction helps to eject blood from the vehicles themselves to provide perfusion to the brain, coronary artery circulation as well as systemic circulation. For more information please visit the Atlanta medical Academy.

Chest pressure may be present without any additional signs or symptoms. However, the patient should not discount this as indigestion. Anyone who feels chest pressure should seek medical attention at their local emergency room as soon as possible. Throughout the years the American Heart Association has been very diligent in their efforts to prevent sudden cardiac arrest. Their efforts have reached millions upon millions of people. Throughout the world individuals have acute coronary syndromes each and every day. Realizing and understanding the importance of simple chest pressure may save someone’s life. As we move into the new millennium, there will be technology and advancements in science as well as in medicine that will alleviate the need for understanding chest pain versus chest pressure.

The new schedule for 2012 will be coming out within the next seven days. We are also looking to add additional courses such as electrocardiogram, pharmacology, intravenous therapy as well as neonatal resuscitation. Once again, if you have any suggestions or ideas of classes that may be of benefit to you or your place of practice, please feel free to send all suggestions via e-mail or you may contact us by telephone.

Life Form has aided in the education of the advanced cardiac life support provider by supplying CPR manikins to the local medical institutions. CPR manikins along with the intubation manikin teaches first year medical students, new nurses and paramedics how to resuscitate someone who is in cardiac arrest. This practice or practical scenarios is vital not only to the medical health care provider, but to the well being of the community as a whole. As stated before, technology and the advancement of the health care industry has seen great strides in helping to save lives. Capnography is a major component in measuring end tidal CO2 in reference to the adequacy of cardiac pulmonary resuscitation. Years ago, we would have not seen this as a vital instrument to evaluate resuscitation efforts. The reason being is simple. The technology was not yet readily available for the civilian sector. As a final note, we must continue to advance ourselves in conjunction with the development of technology.