Most parents do all they can to keep their families safe – provide healthy meals, install smoke detectors, and visit the physician as needed. Some families even purchase a home defibrillator to prepare for an emergency such as cardiac arrest. For those families who have purchased a home defibrillator, the work doesn’t stop there. The defibrillator’s batteries and equipment need to be reexamined at varying levels annual, monthly and even daily to ensure peak performance. By doing so, you can be assured your emergency medical equipment is performing properly and your automated external defibrillator’s battery is charged and ready to use. In addition to partnering with your local emergency service personnel as well as the provider of your in-home safety equipment to develop a custom plan, these tips can help you ensure your tools – and your family’s safety program – are performing at peak levels.
Annual Maintenance Tips
In addition to ongoing safety communication and drills to keep your family prepared for an emergency, each year you should take a detailed look at your equipment to ensure everything is powered and working properly. Please consult with your fire department or emergency medical service for a customized plan as well as your safety medical equipment provider to get tips on your specific brand of life-saving tools. For example, users of LIFEPAK Automated External Defibrillators would follow these simple steps:
LIFEPAK Annual Maintenance
1. Open the AED lid
2. Close the lid
3. Confirm that the AED battery is powered and the STATUS INDICATOR states OK
4. Make sure the expiration date is visible through the clear window of the lid
5. Check to make sure that the STATUS INDICATOR states OK
6. Open the lid and confirm that no diagnostics indicators are lit
7. Check the expiration dates of the pads; if expired, replace them
8. Check the electrodes packaging integrity
9. Close the lid
10. Examine the molded case of the heart defibrillator for any visible signs of stress
Monthly Maintenance
On a monthly basis, families should continue to check the AED battery and safety equipment. Again, please refer to your community’s emergency professionals for specific tips for your family as well as tips from your safety equipment provider for details on your specific brand of life-saving equipment. For example, families using Philips HeartStart OnSite Automated External Defibrillators would follow these steps monthly:
Philips HeartStart Monthly Maintenance
1. Open Carry Case
2. Ensure the status indicator is blinking green
3. Remove AED from Case
4. Check expiration dates on pads
5. Check expiration date on battery
6. Place AED back in case and zip closed
In addition to the aforementioned annual and monthly maintenance steps, you should ensure your equipment is ready each day. For example, it should be evident that your AED battery is charged (often represented by a green Status Indicator light) and that the unit is easily accessible.
If you follow these suggestions and partner with your community’s emergency service personnel as well as the provider of your family’s safety equipment, you can be confident that in the event of an emergency, you will always be prepared.
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Tips to Maintain Your Home Defibrillator
July 4th, 2011Tips To Help Minimize Office Space-Caused Stress
July 4th, 2011For people who work in an office environment, office-space related stress is not uncommon. Full-time hours of sitting on a desk, more so if it is a confined area such as an office cubicle can be very stressful on some parts of the body. The legs, neck, the back and shoulder muscles, the wrist and even the fingers are particularly vulnerable to stress caused by long hours of sitting down while doing work. Stress on these areas can cause pain that can hinder you from working with a peak performance level and it can even cause severe damage to that body part such as arthritis or carpal tunnel syndrome and chronic back pains. To avoid acquiring these, practicing the following methods of avoiding office space caused stress will be beneficial to you in the long run.
- As much as possible, avoid slouching as this can cause back pains in the long run and can ruin your posture as well.
- Stand-up every 20 minutes or so even while typing to avoid being in a seated position for too long. Even standing for just a minute for every 20 minutes spent seated will do a great deal of help.
- During the small breaks from being seated for every 20 minutes, try stretching a bit or loosening up the muscles. For the hand you can let them hang-loose as you shake them around for a bit. Massaging the fingers and palms also help. Close them in a fist loosely then open them ten times. For the shoulders, rotate each arm to help loosen up the joints and relax the muscles. Do the same to ease the stress in the necks by rolling your head gently. Next, do arm-arching stretches by reaching your arm over your head to the other side. Do this separately for each arm. For the legs, fold them up individually to ease the stress. Be careful not to do any of these in an abrupt manner as that can cause more pain than soothe the stress.
- Getting the right office chairs and tables certainly helps. A well fitted chair and table will help minimize the stress you feel while sitting down. A chair with an arm-rest is ideal so that you can put your arm on it whenever it feels tired. The ideal chair has lumbar support so that your back will not get tired easily. It also should at least have a 1-inch gap between the edge of the seat and the backs of your knees, while the seat of the chair should have at least a 1-inch allowance on each side so that it is wider than your hips and thighs when you are seated on it. The chair’s back should also have the right measurements. It should be wide enough for your back although not too wide that it restricts arm movements, like reaching 90 degrees to your sides.
Knowing and putting these tips to should help you prevent as much stress, pain and damage that will affect the stress-inflicted areas.
Whiplash Symptoms – Care And Tips
February 10th, 2011Whiplash is the cause for over 50% of the injuries victims have after vehicular collisions and accidents. Most of this comes from rear-end accidents where the unfortunate individual of the struck vehicle is quickly jolted forward with inertia from the car behind. This creates a quick jolt on the body and head, causing the spine and neck to react, absorb, and compensate for this increase in force. Here is where the injury occurs and it is more dangerous in very young or old individuals. Airbags and child safety seats are mandatory in helping people survive more accidents and keep whiplash at a lower number. Yet, it still happens a lot even in the most expensive of cars, trucks or vans, so make sure to know what it is and speak to a doctor immediately if your experiancing any of the symptoms. Description:Numerous different injury types that are related to violent “snapping” motions of the neck, spine and head that are often related to changes in acceleration from vehicle accidents.
This sudden change in acceleration, whether initially stopped or moving then forced to stop quickly, can make the victim violently jerk their head away or into the body. This can develop a range of injuries that damage the neck and/or spinal cord because the head and body was not ready or protected from this violent force. These injuries range from being mild and no treatment needed, to very severe damage to muscles and the nervous system with possible prolonged damage and movement restrictions for the victim. Initial treatment generally consists of anti-inflammatory and pain relieving medication for the patient. If the neck and spine pain continues then prescription medications and physical therapy may be helpful.
Especially is your are not recovering your original flexibility and range of motion within 2 weeks than there may be deeper damage that cannot always be seen by X-rays and scans, you need to seek assistance in recovering and rehabilitating your body back to full use. Most people recover from whiplash in just a few weeks, but some people with whiplash injuries develop chronic conditions that can be extremely painful and disabling. Always speak to a trained and experienced medical professional as soon as possible after any accident that has resulted in pain, discomfort, or restricted movement of your neck and/or spine. Once you have sought and consulted with medical professionals, then you should proceed to file an accident claim for your injuries sustained.Whiplash Injury Claims and more information online for your personal injury compensation, injury claim lawyers, regulations, and more
Few Helping Tips While Choosing Welding Helmet
February 10th, 2011Welders are spending many hours to do their daily tasks, which includes extremely hot gases and these gases make very bright glow that can cause blindness in human. A number of worker who are not using welding equipments are easily compromising on their safety. It is essential to wear right safety equipment whether you are working for a company or in your own garage. Welding helmet is most necessary thing while working with sparks and lights. These helmets has extremely dark glass screen that blocks this severe sparks and save welder’s vision from harm.
It is necessary to wear helmet because it provides both comfort as well as safety benefits. It’s always a confusing task when it comes to choose a good quality welding helmet, mainly when you are not aware about the various types available in the market. Following are some tips to help you so that you will be confident while selecting a hood that is fine for you.
Whether welding is your routine job or you are doing it rarely in your garage. Based on your involvement in work, you can decide either fixed shade or an automatically-darkening hood will be good for you. For those individuals who are working for industry or doing full-time service as a welder, an auto-darkening lens is possibly the greatest option because they can be adjusted and allow you to look out through lens when not fusing. If you are a rare worker and occasionally working in your garage then you can go for a low-priced, fixed-shade cover as it may suit your needs well. However, these types of covers are little bit difficult to employ because they should be lifted when you want to see where the curve will hit, and then again need to be kept down before fusing.
There are lots of stores providing very economical welding helmet that will do the work perfectly so buy a hood that suits your budget. Nevertheless, if you pay little more, you will get the better quality. If your work is a good source of revenue, then it is good to buy a valuable hood to get comfort as well as quality in work. However, if you are not working for any revenue then even a less priced helmet is probable to accept. When you are uncertain about your working, you can go for a low-priced hood, and then later you can change it, if you feel you are using the equipment for long hours. If you are lucky to get a hardware supply store or other store that sell welding equipment, then you can try various types of hoods. Try a number of welding hoods and see which one suits you most. But don’t forget your budget also while choosing a helmet because you should not cross your financial limit and get the good quality as well.
Tips To Avoid Fraud in Federal Labor Law Posters
February 10th, 2011Currently there are so many laws that are implemented in state and federal companies which insist the employers to choose Labor Law Posters to facilitate their employees with better conditions. These Labor Law Posters provides the complete information about the employee’s actual privileges and duties which government has determined. This federal law poster show the complete picture of obligations like Federal Minimum Wage, OSHA, Polygraph Protection Act, Fair Labor Standards Act, Worker’s Compensation, Military Family Leave along with Family Medical Leave and many more to the employees. There may be many posters presented by the governments according to their criteria of defining the set of laws on policies for the employees. It happens most of the times that companies make you fool by saying that you will be paying a great deal of fine if you don’t apply the ideal poster that is intended for your business.
All the categories of labor law poster will be accessible to the employers totally free. The companies force you to believe that these posters are planned especially for your business and you should buy posters for your business from them, but it’s not true. These Federal Laws are available free of cost from the department of small business programs which are implemented by labor office and easily available to download with out any cost. These federal laws give you a complete awareness of the laws presented by the federal level and along with that, you should also be aware of the federal labor law stated by the state level. It is necessary to pursue both these, so that your company will be more organized and work smoothly.
It can also be happen that the companies guiding you about these posters are not a scam and there is a possibility that they can really help you to get more improved and elegant posters in very cheap price. There can also be some labor law poster companies offering law posters and safety posters in very low cost with the minimum processing fee. Always try to get in touch with these companies and also don’t forget to verify these offers about the federal as well as labor law posters for the precise level they present.
Tips to Secure Funding for AED Trainer Program and Equipment in Schools
January 30th, 2011Sudden Cardiac Arrest (SCA) can affect anyone, a story that six-year-old Olivia Quigley knows too well. According to the Sudden Cardiac Arrest Foundation, “Olivia collapsed during her first grade gym class at East Boston Catholic School, and Olivia’s teachers performed CPR until Boston EMS arrived. They used an automated external defibrillator (AED) to get her heart restarted before taking her to Massachusetts General Hospital.”
Olivia was lucky, but what would have happened without the proper AED training, equipment and supplies? Many educational professionals understand the value of proper automated external defibrillator (AED) trainers, programs and equipment, but finding the funds to pay for the associated fees can be daunting. In addition, a variety of states such as Illinois, New York and Pennsylvania are now mandating the placement of AED equipment with other states expected to follow suit.
Following are some tips to help secure funding to equip your school with an AED trainer and ultimately save lives:
1. Create and implement a fundraiser where all proceeds go towards funding the purchase of AED equipment and supplies, as well as professional AED trainers. Get creative¬- 50/50 raffles, bake sales, car washes and special events in partnership with your athletic dept, PTA or booster club are all great ways to generate funds. Portable deliberators can start around $1,000, so make sure you raise enough to procure a deliberator for each of the school’s main activity areas including the administrative office, gymnasium, football field and any satellite offices.
2. Ask your school’s medical supplier about grants and other financial aid programs to help cover or offset the money needed to secure equipment.
3. Find similar organizations that have succeeded in funding AED trainers and see what you can glean from them. Do they have resources, tips or a network of contacts to share with you? Many organizations are happy to pass along information when they know it benefits the greater good – saving lives.
4. Reach out to local organizations such as the rotary or other civic-minded groups. Don’t forget government organizations such as your City council or state representatives to see how they can assist – even if it’s just sharing information and funding leads.
5. Utilize online tools such as school forums and search engines to glean tips from educators from across the country.
With a little planning, research, time and creativity, procuring AED programs, training and equipment might be easier than you think.