How to do CPR

When you see a person lying on the ground with no signs of life, do Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation! In these days, everybody should know the basics of CPR. Learning the CPR is as easy as C-A-B.

How to do CPR? According to the American Heart Association's revised CPR 

1. Compression. Push hard and fast on the center of the victim's chest.
2. Airway. Tilt the victim's head back and lift the chin to open the airway.
3. Breathing. Give mouth-to-mouth rescue breaths.

It is very important for us to know CPR because through this we can save many lives.

Medscape : The Most Popular According to Nurses

Medscape is one of the many online sources for healthcare practitioners that continue to grow and develop. It has a wide range of medically-related news and updates which become a helping tool for every healthcare provider to get updated.

Medscape aims to provide the most recent comprehensive and clinical information for clinicians and other healthcare providers so to improve their patient care. They want to make the task of information gathering to be simpler, more productive, and less time-consuming. Also, they want to provide current educational tools for physicians and nurses to stay updated in their practice.

This online source for healthcare practitioners is the most popular according to nurses because they go here for news, reference, and education. Nurses have several options of topics to choose from. These include Critical Care Nursing, Geriartrics, Health Diversity, Mental Health and Psychiatric Nursing, Nurse Practitioners, OB/GYN and Women’s Health Nursing, Pain Management, Palliative Care, Patient Safety, Pediatrics/Neonatal Care Nursing, and Perioperative Nursing. With these topics, nurses will have easy way to access the area they want to get updated with.

To know more about Medscape, you may visit their website at www.medscape.com and subscribe to their mailing list for updates.