Cardiac Arrests

What is a cardiac arrest ? A cardiac arrest is terminology applied to the heart. Basically the heart stops pumping in clarification. This has an impact on supply of blood to the brain and other organs. As oxygen is deprived in time tissue necrosis (death) occurs...
Adult Cardio Pulmonary Resuscitation

Adult Cardio Pulmonary Resuscitation

What Is Adult Cardio Pulmonary Resuscitation? When the heart stops working (cardiac arrest) the lungs will follow suit (respiratory arrest). So there is a symbiont relationship between the two systems, what affects one will affect the other. Adult Cardio Pulmonary...
Cold Water Shock

Cold Water Shock

Summer Sun As the Summer Sun graces us with its presence across the British Isles, it releases the inner child in most of us. Some people enjoy the intensity the heat brings which lures us to the water. There are some hidden dangers that hide & lurk beneath the...
Cold Water Shock

Drowning & CPR

On the surface the CPR process is easy to understand, however drowning & CPR is slightly different to begin with. This is mainly to do with respiratory system, because of respiratory arrest prior to the cardiac arrest starting. The Respiratory System The function...