About a year ago we found out that my grandmother has a heart condition. Apparently this is something that has been with her for a very long time, but because she has had a stroke, we were only focusing on one part of her health. As it turned out, she has congestive heart failure. Even though this is not necessarily a fatal diagnosis, it will take years off of her life. There are many people like my grandmother walking around who have no idea that they may have heart problems.
Most of the time those with a heart condition do not know it until they have a heart attack. Though congestive heart failure is not that which you would consider a common heart condition, there are many people who have it who have no idea what is going on. There are many other people, like my grandfather, who have the more common type of heart condition. He was just in the hospital a few weeks ago because one of his arteries was blocked. As it turned out, he had three or four problem areas around his heart that had to be corrected.
As you move through life, one of the last things you want to do is think about aging and dying. However, it is important that you see your doctor and a regular basis to rule out many things. One of those things should be a heart condition. You may not want to think about it, or believe that can happen to you, but developing a heart condition can be a very serious threat to your life. It is far better that you know what is going on so that you can fix the problem. Don’t skip your doctor’s appointments just because you don’t want to know.
Having a heart condition is not the end of the world. There have been many advances in the medical field that allow a person with a heart condition to live a long and healthy life. The best defense against a heart attack is preventing it. If there have been people in your family who have had a heart condition, you have to suspect that this may become a problem for you as well. Make sure you talk to your doctor about all of the serious illnesses that have been in your family, and make sure you get the proper testing done when your doctor recommends it. You may say that you don’t care, but I can assure you that your family wants you around for as long as possible.
Saturday, May 10, 2008
American Heart Association
Nothing prepares you for a serious crisis quite like American Heart Association CPR training. Many individuals take a quick course to get CPR certification through this program each and every year. Certification needs to be renewed every 12 months in order for it to remain valid.
You might wonder why you would have to re-take the same old course on a yearly basis but there is really good reason for the repetitive nature of the program. The American Heart Association CPR certification program helps individuals to learn the steps of proper culinary pulmonary respiration during an emergency.
We all know that putting what we learn in class into action is not always a smooth process. When faced with a crisis, many individuals may lose focus. If the American Heart Association CPR course is fresh in the individual’s mind he will be more likely to follow through with the appropriate steps.
When the information is learned over and over again over a period of years, the individual is better able to run through the steps to CPR without hesitation. The quick response can make the difference between life and death. The American Heart Association CPR courses recognize this and the program requires re-certification.
When I worked with children in the field of autism I had to make sure that my certification was up-to-date every year. Fortunately, I was able to commit an entire day to the training because the American Heart Association CPR courses were offered in the evenings and on weekends as well.
The agency that I worked for helped us schedule a time for the course every year and things ran pretty smoothly with this approach. However, after a decade of taking the American Heart Association CPR course things began to get a little tiresome for most of the staff. Those of us who worked in the field for a long time pretty much knew the course inside and our.
Recognizing that many individuals take the course so many times, the agency started to open an optional test that takes one hour to complete. If you answer at least 98 out of 100 questions correctly and demonstrate the steps to American Heart Association CPR process on a dummy, you could be re-certified in about an hour.
We never want to be in a situation that requires us to actually put CPR to use. However, it is comforting to know that you can administer the techniques if needed.
You might wonder why you would have to re-take the same old course on a yearly basis but there is really good reason for the repetitive nature of the program. The American Heart Association CPR certification program helps individuals to learn the steps of proper culinary pulmonary respiration during an emergency.
We all know that putting what we learn in class into action is not always a smooth process. When faced with a crisis, many individuals may lose focus. If the American Heart Association CPR course is fresh in the individual’s mind he will be more likely to follow through with the appropriate steps.
When the information is learned over and over again over a period of years, the individual is better able to run through the steps to CPR without hesitation. The quick response can make the difference between life and death. The American Heart Association CPR courses recognize this and the program requires re-certification.
When I worked with children in the field of autism I had to make sure that my certification was up-to-date every year. Fortunately, I was able to commit an entire day to the training because the American Heart Association CPR courses were offered in the evenings and on weekends as well.
The agency that I worked for helped us schedule a time for the course every year and things ran pretty smoothly with this approach. However, after a decade of taking the American Heart Association CPR course things began to get a little tiresome for most of the staff. Those of us who worked in the field for a long time pretty much knew the course inside and our.
Recognizing that many individuals take the course so many times, the agency started to open an optional test that takes one hour to complete. If you answer at least 98 out of 100 questions correctly and demonstrate the steps to American Heart Association CPR process on a dummy, you could be re-certified in about an hour.
We never want to be in a situation that requires us to actually put CPR to use. However, it is comforting to know that you can administer the techniques if needed.
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