CPR Class Memphis

Senior people with heavy calcium deposits on their heart's aortic valve, also known as aortic stenosis (AS) are considered too high risk for valve replacement surgery. AS develops when the aortic valve (it is located between the left chamber of the ticker and the aorta which is the main artery delivering blood from the ticker to the body) doesn't open properly or gets narrowed, which causes the ticker to work harder to pump required quantity of blood into the aorta, which in turn, can lead to thickening and enlargement of the ticker eventually leading to heart failure (HF). Fainting, irregular heartbeat, shortness of breath, fatigue, swelling of ankle and knee, dizziness and heart murmur are some symptoms of AS. For patients considered too high risk for valve replacement surgery, transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) is a great option (a minimally invasive procedure) that involves insertion of an aortic valve within a damaged valve through a catheter, which th...

Pregnant women who've heart conditions would require special care during the trimesters. Though pregnancy stresses your ticker, still many women who've heart conditions deliver healthy babies. Your blood volume increases by 30-50 percent while you are pregnant in order to nourish your fetus, your ticker pumps more blood each minute and your heart rate increases. Labor and delivery just adds to the workload of your ticker, and it takes a few weeks after delivery for the stresses on the ticker to come back to the levels they were before you conceived. Some heart conditions, such as narrowing of the mitral valve or aortic valve- can cause more complications than others do. Some heart conditions require major treatments like heart surgery before you try to conceive. Some women may have the rare congenital condition Eisenmenger's syndrome or high blood pressure (HBP) that affects the arteries in the lungs and the right side of the ticker, doctors recommend against pregna...

Your lifestyle can increase your risk of heart disease, which in turn increases risk for cardiac emergencies like cardiac arrest and heart attack. Equip yourself in the lifesaving CPR procedure to face cardiac emergencies efficiently. CPR comprises chest compressions and rescue breaths that can help an individual who has stopped breathing, and whose ticker may have stopped beating, to stay alive. It is essential that every individual is CPR trained. Health care providers must know CPR; some individuals need to know how to perform the procedure to do their jobs; learning the procedure is as important for teachers and parents; childcare workers, lifeguards, school coaches, and trainers usually have to learn the lifesaving technique. You can never tell when a medical emergency will happen and it's good that you are always prepared to face such emergencies efficiently. Here's information on a "BLS certification Memphis": Basic Life Support Classes - This ...