heart disease deaths are caused by sudden cardiac arrest. Occurring mainly in adults in their mid-thirties to mid-forties‚ SCD affects only one or two children each year. Sudden cardiac arrest is not a heart attack‚ or myocardial infarction‚ but it is possible to occur during a heart attack. A heart attack is a blockage of arteries to the heart‚ therefore stopping the heart from getting enough blood with sufficient oxygen in it. Sudden cardiac arrest happens when the electrical system to the heart
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Summary: AED Defibrillators: Having access to an AED is essential for resuscitating those who have suffered from SCA (sudden cardiac arrest). Because the incidences of SCA are increased during and after strenuous physical activity‚ every school should have AED(s) that can be accessed very quickly. Sudden Cardiac Arrest: Sudden cardiac arrest is the leading cause of death in young athletes. NATA convened an inter-association task force in Atlanta in 2006 to create guidelines on emergency management
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Maintaining Normothermia Post-Cardiac Arrest?NUR 2243 Management of Nursing Care IS THERAPEUTIC HYPOTHERMIA MORE BENEFICIAL? Is Therapeutic Hypothermia More Beneficial Than Maintaining Normothermia Post-Cardiac Arrest? To what extent does inducing hypothermia benefit patients? What exactly are the benefits‚ and do they come with risks? There have been many trials dealing with therapeutic hypothermia that exhibit advantageous neurological outcomes post-cardiac arrest. Most of these trials lead to a
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How has Miranda v. Arizona changed the arrest and interrogation process. The Supreme Court of the United States of America often makes decisions‚ which change this great nation in a great way. These changes can affect society in many different ways. In many instances there is dissonance over their decisions and the court itself is often split as to how the views are looked upon. The effect of the Courts decision generates discourse and on occasion‚ violence. This is what happened in the case
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Commentary Prediction and prevention of sudden cardiac arrest Heikki V. Huikuri MD See related research article by Reinier and colleagues on page 1705 and at www.cmaj.ca/lookup/doi/10.1503/cmaj.101512 Competing interests: None declared. This article was solicited and has not been peer reviewed. Correspondence to: Dr. Heikki V. Huikuri‚ heikki.huikuri@oulu.fi CMAJ 2011. DOI:10.1503 /cmaj.111245 CMAJ ajor advances have been made in understanding the causes of and treatments for cardiovascular
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Evidence-Based Practice‚ Step by Step: Asking the Clinical Question: A Key Step in Evidence-Based Practice Stillwell‚ Susan B. DNP‚ RN‚ CNE; Fineout-Overholt‚ Ellen PhD‚ RN‚ FNAP‚ FAAN; Melnyk‚ Bernadette Mazurek PhD‚ RN‚ CPNP/PMHNP‚ FNAP‚ FAAN; Williamson‚ Kathleen M. PhD‚ RN Author Information Susan B. Stillwell is clinical associate professor and program coordinator of the Nurse Educator Evidence-Based Practice Mentorship Program at Arizona State University in Phoenix‚ where Ellen Fineout-Overholt
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Running Head: BECAUSE IT’S PROBABLE: REVIEWING PROBABLE CAUSE‚ WARRANTS‚ SEARCHES‚ ARRESTS‚ AND HOW THEY INTERTWINE. Because It’s Probable September 6‚ 2006 AIU Online Abstract The following paper reviews probable cause as it applies to the duties of law enforcement. We will review different scenarios involving probable cause and the different court rulings that govern police and other law enforcement officer’s procedures involving the searching of a residence‚ arresting
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The Courthouse When innocently young‚ one can be somewhat naive. We are inherently taught that good will always triumph over evil. A courthouse is the forum where evil should be dealt with. But‚ in reality‚ this is seldom the case. The county courthouse looks like a typical courthouse. A Romanesque building‚ three stories high‚ with large pillars in the front‚ eloped in ivy which crawled up one side of the building‚ masqueraded by a fertile green‚ manicured‚ immaculately kept courtyard‚
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neighborhood but he had been arrested several times on charges such as assault‚ resisting arrest‚ and grand larceny‚ so he obviously had a history of breaking the law. However‚ on July 17th‚ 2014‚ Garner was approached by police officers Damico and Pantaleo‚ among others‚ for selling single cigarettes from packs without tax stamps. He refused to cooperate because he denied doing anything wrong. When Pantaleo approached Garner to arrest him‚ Garner swatted his arms away making Pantaleo put him in a chokehold
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1. An ethic which I live by which has benefited me is honoring the dead. My family also believes in this ethic so it has given me more to look forward to and by that being said it is obvious it keeps me grounded to. Recently my grandmother past away this year‚ but before she did go from this place and on to the next it was a promise I made to her that I would finish college. So to honor her name my goal is to finish community college‚ then get into Harvard University. I plan
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