Podcast: Bringing CPR into schools
A week ago, Resuscitation Council UK, together with the British Heart Foundation and the famous football player Fabrice Muamba, presented a 100,000-signature petition to Downing Street in order to make CPR mandatory part of school curriculum in the United Kingdom. European Resuscitation Council spoke with Dr. Andrew Lockey, representative of Resuscitation Council, about their efforts […]
Creative CPR ads
Getting people to take notice of anything related to CPR is hard. Who cares, right? People would rather talk about Lady Gaga, sports, or whatever. Not many actually visit YouTube to search for CPR videos. So you have to be extremely creative to get their attention. Here are some great CPR ads that really get […]
Super Sexy CPR
Company called Fortnight Lingerie has launched an interesting campaign for their products. What they did was shoot a short educational CPR video. Some procedures in it aren’t exactly correct, but nevertheless it is very educational Hmmmm, let me see that again……
Hands can do incredible things…
…but nothing compares to using them to help save a life American Heart Association is conducting a promotional campaign to motivate and educate people to learn and if necessary perform Hands-Only CPR. They say that…. “When an adult has a sudden cardiac arrest, his or her survival depends greatly on immediately getting CPR from someone […]
NEJM Interactive Medical Cases
The New England Journal of Medicine, one of the best medical journals in the World, has just started an innovative new series on their website, Interactive Medical Cases. These interactive cases, so far just one, allow you to virtually manage an actual patient’s case, from presentation to outcome. The first case is just fantastic and […]
‘Medical Video Games’ Provide Great Training for Healthcare Professionals
By-line: DENA WHITE is a freelance writer and covers topics such as nurse assistant and medical careers, health care topics, and more. Just a quick search on the Internet and you can see some great screenshots from the video game Zero Hour. Zero Hour is a fantastic video game that has you playing as an […]
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