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Damar Hamlin returns to Cincinnati to teach the CPR and AED skills that saved his life
A half year since his life was saved on the field at Paycor Stadium, Damar Hamlin returns to teach CPR and AED use.
AEDs save lives: Why more people should know how to use them
The next generation AED is coming. As a physician, I think now is the time to start talking about sending these at-risk patients home with an AED.
Why having a church AED isn’t enough to save lives in a medical emergency
An AED (automated external defibrillator) can save a life during a church medical emergency, yet most church volunteers are unprepared for a cardiac arrest b...
Learning Non-Technical Skills Might Save a Patient's Life
Human factors, leadership, and communication are the top three contributors to unexpected events in a healthcare setting that kill or harm patients.
Woman meets first responders who saved her life
A local woman who came close to death had a chance to meet the people who saved her life
What Doctors Wish You Knew About CPR
A few things have changed in medicine over the last few decades. Okay, a lot has changed, and most of it good. But along with the improvements in patient...
Building Health Literacy Skills
At AppleCare, our dedicated healthcare professionals provide each patient with high-quality care that’s convenient and affordable.
What Is POLST (Physician Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment)?
As medical technology has advanced, we have been faced with moral, ethical, and preferential questions regarding life-sustaining treatment. Often, these questions remain unanswered during a person's life, leading to tragic arguments over a person's medical treatment. There are several legal...
What Health Care Managers Need to Know--and How to Teach Them
Health care business managers are under tremendous pressure to become more innovative, more productive, more accountable. The question, asks Regina Herzlinger, is who is going to teach them these skills?
What Doulas Can Teach Us in Times of Anxiety and Chaos
There's plenty for business owners to learn from those who guide expecting mothers through childbirth.
True Grit and Telemedicine: How a Nurse Saved His Own Life
This courageous nurse's story illustrates the value of telemedicine, bringing medical expertise to the remotest areas of the planet.
How the Dutch Reach Could Save Lives
We asked our editors if they'd ever heard of the Dutch Reach (trust us, it’s not what you’re thinking). Watch to see how this simple technique may just save ...
Infection Preventionists Save Lives
Learn about the field of infection prevention and the heroes that save lives and promote a culture of patient safety every day.
What you need to know about life-threatening heat
By Dr. Allen Mask, WRAL Health Team physician Raleigh, N.C. — Extreme heat can be life-threatening for people who spend a prolonged amount of time outdoors. According to WRAL’s Dr. Allen Mask, it’s important to understand the health risks and how to avoid them. Most people know that heat strokes can be dangerous — the …
What the Inside of an Operating Room is Like During a Life-Saving Procedure
It’s 7 a.m. and the surgical staff at Emory University Hospital is prepping a patient for a potentially life-saving procedure. As a surgical oncologist at the Winship Cancer Institute of Emory University, I am leading one of the two groups of specialists working together to remove a type of stomach tumor known as a gastrointestinal …
WHO SAVE LIVES: Clean Your Hands
WHO asks health workers and others to demonstrate their commitment to clean hands in health care by posting their photographs on or around 5 May in support o...
Simple things save lives: A mother's legacy
Eric G. Bing is a medical doctor and global health researcher committed to saving lives among the world's most vulnerable populations using low cost, innovat...
Have you forgotten the most important health care leadership skill?
Knowing when to seek professional help and doing it is, in fact, the strongest thing you can do.
What the Rise of Skills-Based Volunteering Means for Nonprofits
Over the past ten years, the private sector has vastly increased their…
4 Things Cutting-Edge Health Tech Can Teach You About Business
Keep Your Business in Top Shape With These 4 Lessons From Health Tech
Why your nonprofit can’t afford to ignore the skills-based volunteer movement
How do professionals find this balance? Enter: Skills-based volunteering. Skills-based volunteering is the intersection of passion and purpose. It allows professionals from all walks of life to find…
