INTRODUCTION: There are more than 356,000 out-of-hospital cardiac arrests annually, or 1,000 daily, in the United States with nearly 90% of them being fatal. 1 These statistics paint a grim image when ...

In a previous webinar, OSHA and consensus standards were used to introduce Electrical Risk Assessments. The three key components of an electrical risk assessment: a) electrical hazard identification, ...

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An electrocution is an event in which a person dies from receiving an electric shock or series of shocks. In 2020, 126 workers were electrocuted. Many people who receive a shock seem unharmed. That ...

As of January this year, Aotearoa New Zealand became just the second country (after Canada) to adopt a groundbreaking new procedure for patients experiencing cardiac arrest. Known as “double ...

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Current U.S. military medical doctrine demonstrates significant capability gaps in executing large-scale resuscitation protocols at forward-deployed positions, particularly at echelons below Role II ...

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