Shock is an often times a misunderstood phenomenon and medical emergency. Simply defined, shock is the lack of oxygen to body tissue and organs. . No CPR class with First Aid would be complete without covering the topic of shock. The American Heart Association agrees with me and even basic CPR/AED classes include an overview Read More >>
CPR Classes: Quality + Frequency = Lives Saved
I have taught CPR Classes in Atlanta for over 10 years now, to health care providers as well as lay responders. A lot of my students are repeat customers, and have taken one of my CPR classes while some have been certified by another Atlanta CPR Class provider. Often times, students will ask if Read More >>
Fainting: What To Do When Someone Faints
You are at a gathering, one moment a person in the group is fully conscious, even engaging in conversation with another. Before you realize it, they simple collapse and are on the floor, unconscious. This can be pretty scary, and while it’s usually not super serious, it can be, so we cover this topic in Read More >>
First Aid Kits – What They Should Include and Where to Keep Them
This article is more about first aid kits than cars, but most of us are never too far from our cars. What a great place to keep first aid kits. If you keep first aid kits in your cars, they will always be at your beckoning call, even at home. Georgia CPR teaches CPR Read More >>
SIDS Prevention (Sudden Infant Death Syndrome)
I have been a parent now for 8 years, and I can now finally address SIDS as a topic. I realize my delay in writing about SIDS has to do with a discomfort with the topic as it is scary for any parent. I am fortunate not to have had an experience with the topic. Read More >>
The Child’s Fever – The Body’s Double Edged Sword
A child’s fever is an inevitable bump in the road for all parents of all walks of life. A child’s fever is something that is going to happen, eventually. In children’s CPR classes, it is helpful to cover this information so parents know what is going on and when it is serious. It is common Read More >>
Seasonal Affective Disorder is so SAD :-(
SAD is Just So Sadd Seasonal Affective Disorder, or SAD is a seasonal depression, usually in later fall and in deep winter. Georgia CPR, the premier Atlanta CPR class company, is in Atlanta, Georgia. Yes, that’s the south. Our location puts us way south of where most SAD is experienced but I will tell you, SAD can still Read More >>
Heart Attacks – Women’s Symptoms are Different
Fact: Women deny they are having heart attacks Fact: Women have different signs of heart attacks Fact: Doctors take women less seriously These unfortunate facts blend together into a perfect storm making heart attacks the number one cause of death for women in the United States. A large part of teaching CPR classes is busting Read More >>
Chest Pain: Denial is not a river in Egypt
Chest Pain and heart attack is something we sometimes see in movies and on TV. The actor winces, brushes his brow or puts a fist to his chest. We usually are being tipped off that the actor is getting ready to have a heart attack. We sit there and think, “oooh, this guy is getting Read More >>
Tourniquets: Finally OK For Bystander First Aid Use
Tourniquets Over the years, CPR and First Aid guidelines have waxed and waned on the use of tourniquets. For a decade, tourniquet use is included as an integral technique in bleeding control. In past years, guidelines instructed lay responders to limit bleeding control to direct pressure for controlling bleeding. Finally in 2010, The American Heart Read More >>