Mansome 217 video demonstrates how to give yourself the Heimlich. By using the same technique that works on others, you can give yourself abdominal thrusts to try to expel an object from your airway. If giving yourself abdominal thrusts doesn't work, try throwing yourself over the back of a sturdy
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Erica Nigrelli, while technically dead, gave birth to her daughter, Elayna, postmortem via C-Section, and then was revived. When the English teacher collapsed, co-workers began CPR on the Missouri City, Texas teacher and sent for their AED. By the time paramedics arrived at the hospital, doctors could not find a
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An 8-year-old Rohnert Park, California, boy nearly died of cardiac arrest after being struck by a baseball pitch Sunday. A husband and wife watching the youth league game were credited with saving his life. Click here to read the full story: http://abcn.ws/11b7f7m
Click here to see the hilarious Ken Jeong AHA Hands-Only CPR video Ken Jeong suits up with his "daughters", "Push Hard and Fast" and "Call 911", in a new Stayin' Alive video promoting Hands-Only CPR for the lay rescuer who has never had CPR training, or has forgotten how to
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(Newser) A not-so-Good Samaritan helped a man who'd just had a heart attack by administering CPR in the parking lot of an Orlando store—then stole the purse of the victim's wife, say police. Read more
(Newser) – Minnesota man Howard Snitzer survived for an incredible 96 minutes without a pulse thanks to a device called a capnograph—and the determination of two dozen first responders. The device, which measures how much carbon dioxide is expelled with each breath, lets doctors know how much blood is being
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(Newser) - Sudden cardiac arrest is America's top killer-but in the few minutes after it occurs, CPR can save a life. But cardiac arrest victims in lower-income, largely black neighborhoods are just half as likely to receive CPR as those in wealthier, white neighborhoods, a study finds. Click here for
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Although the patient's family has since issued a statement that they will not be pressing any charges because their mother / grandmother did not wish for any life-prolonging intervention, this recording of a 9-1-1 operator begging a nurse to provide CPR to her patient is very shocking! Click here to
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This PSA by The Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada depicts a woman being scared to death by the threat of a Zombie attack only to have the zombies resuscitate her with CPR so they could eat her. Link to YouTube video of "The Undeading"
According to a finding printed in the February 2012 issue of "Oxygen Magazine", people with tidy homes appear to live more physically active lifestyles than messy people. The connection isn't clear, but it may interest you to know the number of calories you can burn doing household activities. Painting/wallpapering: 265
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