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PALS Classes | St. Louis | 2010 Updates
By CPR St. Louis at November 11, 2011 | 9:44 am | 0 Comment
If you are currently a healthcare provider in Saint Louis, Missouri or in Illinois, you might be required to have your American Heart Association PALS certification. PALS is Pediatric Advanced Life Support. Several facilities require that physicians, nurses, paramedics, urgent care doctors, family practice doctors, and emergency medicine practitioners have this more...
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Pediatric Advanced Life Support ( PALS ) Classes | St. Louis
By CPR St. Louis at November 11, 2011 | 8:22 am | 0 Comment
Pediatric Advanced Life Support, also known as PALS, is intended to teach healthcare providers how to handle emergency situations with infants and children. The American Heart Association PALS course material prepares healthcare workers to prevent death and injury. It also provides instruction of research based algorithms that are used to treat infants and children more...
Polycythemia vera by Emily Greer
By CPR St. Louis at November 10, 2011 | 7:09 am | 0 Comment
Polycythemia vera (PV) is a chronic blood disorder observed by an unusual increase in three types of blood cells produced by bone marrow: red blood cells, white blood cells, and platelets. PV is called a myeloproliferative disorder because the bone marrow is producing too many cells too rapidly. Polycythemia vera (PV) usually develops over a time span of 10-20 years. more...
Cardiovascular Issues in Spinal Cord Injury Patients by Tia M. Young
By CPR St. Louis at November 9, 2011 | 6:43 am | 0 Comment
A spinal cord injury (SCI) is most often characterized by a loss of sensation or the inability to control limb movements, either in the lower extremities (paraplegia) or inferior to the neck (tetra/quadriplegia). There are currently roughly 450,000 SCI patients in the U.S. alone, with about 10,000 new injuries occurring each year. Cardiovascular disorders as a group more...
What is Lactose Intolerance? by Chelsea Godwin
By CPR St. Louis at November 8, 2011 | 7:42 am | 0 Comment
Lactose intolerance can also be known as lactose deficiency because it is a lack of a particular enzyme that is produced by the lining of one’s small intestine. Ultimately, this means that someone with this deficiency cannot properly digest the milk sugar in dairy products. Without the normal amounts of the enzyme lactase being produced in the small intestine our bodies more...
