NIGERIA PRE-HOSPITAL EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES (Paramedics)

UP- COMING BLS AND ACLS TRAINING IN LAGOS. powered by Phronesis Medicare international in partnership with National healthcare provider solutions ( USA, TEXAS) Introduction :    National healthcare provider solutions and the american Heart Association Basic Life Support and Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) Course builds on the foundation and  importance of continuous, high-quality CPR. The hands-on instruction and simulated cases in this advanced course are designed to help enhance their skills in the recognition and intervention of cardiopulmonary arrest immediate post-cardiac arrest, acute arrhythmia, stroke, and acute coronary syndromes.  Educational Objectives:  At the conclusion of the program, participants will be able to: 1. Describe the steps of CPR 2. Describe the signs and action steps for severe airway obstruction in the responsive and unresponsive victim 3. Describe the links in the Chain of Survival 4. Describe the signs ...

PHRONESIS MEDICARE INTERNATIONAL BLS overview for infant Basic life support (BLS) is a basic level of medical care used to help sustain a person who is experiencing cardiac arrest or respiratory failure, until they can be given full medical care by an advanced responder. BLS can be used in any scenario where breathing or heartbeat has been compromised, such as drowning, heart attack, or severe shock (eg, severe loss of blood). BLS is more comprehensive than CPR alone, since it covers additional steps that are not expected from a layperson, as well as techniques for working with other rescuers. The techniques used for BLS vary slightly depending on whether the victim is an adult, child, or infant. This module explains the techniques and procedure for performing BLS on an infant. The adult and child procedures are covered in separate modules. Note: The term 'infant' in this context refers to neonates outside the delivery room setting, up to 12 months old. Children 12...

  Electrocardiogram (ECG) - 12 lead Introduction Learning  objectivesKey Rationale behind ECG recording An ECG is a method of graphic tracing of the electric current generated by the heart muscle during a heartbeat. The tracing is recorded with an electrocardiograph. Electrocardiography is an important diagnostic tool for heart disease. It can be used to monitor a patient's heart rate, assess the effects of injury or disease on cardiac function, assess pacemaker function, determine response to medication, or to obtain a baseline measure of cardiac function. An ECG recording can provide information about the orientation of the heart in the chest, electrical effects of medications, conduction disturbances, cardiac muscle mass, and the presence of ischemic changes. Physiology of the heart Blood flow   The right  atrium  of the heart receives deoxygenated blood from the body, via the inferior and superior vena cavae, and also from the coronary sinus (drain...