The pulse oximeter, a device that measures the degree to which red blood cells are saturated with oxygen, is one of healthcare’s most fundamental tools.
Trained rescuers should also provide supplemental oxygen when available. Drowning can progress quickly from initial respiratory arrest, when a person stops breathing, to cardiac arrest, when the heart ...
The American Heart Association and the American Academy of Pediatrics update recommendations for untrained lay rescuers and trained rescuers resuscitating adults and children who have drowned.
BATON ROUGE, La. — It was a race against time to save a little girl's nose after a dog bite. Now, a Baton Rouge doctor and mother, she is hoping her daughter's remarkable health story will help ...