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Preventative Care Strategies for Healthier Communities

ESO

Early CPR plays an important role in the American Heart Associations (AHA) Chain of Survival , which emphasizes recognizing symptoms quickly, activating 911, performing CPR, and practicing early defibrillation and post-resuscitation care. Of those, 56% required more than one dose. So, w hat can your agency do?

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Recerts and New Protocols

Peter Canning

For all the fancy changes over the year, the bottom line has always been to provide good CPR compressions and timely defibrillation. Here are some of the highlights: EMRs and EMTs may administer Naloxone IM in a dose of 0.4 Pediatric defibrillation doses should be 2j/kg, 4j/kg. mg via syringe.* micrograms/kg/min.

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