Browsing Month December, 2012
How to Prepare for PALS Class | Nashville PALS Classes
By CPR Nashville, TN at December 17, 2012 | 9:46 am | 0 Comment
Hi! And congratulations on deciding to take a Pediatric Advance Life Support class. A PALS class is very challenging and very rewarding. Here we provide some information you'll find very helpful before taking your PALS certification course. Before studying the PALS manual it is necessary for students to have a solid understanding of ECG rhythms and pharmacology. If more...
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What is Tinnitus by Elizabeth Dare
By CPR Nashville, TN at December 16, 2012 | 9:06 am | 0 Comment
Tinnitus is a persistent sound, heard inside of one or both ears, for which there is no external source. For some sufferers, it sounds like chirping, while others hear clicking, whistling, hissing, roaring, or ringing. The sound may be a single tone or multiple tones, and it may remain constant or vary at random. The sound level may be anywhere from soft to more...
Metastatic Breast Cancer in Liver by Ogulbyabek Annayeva
By CPR Nashville, TN at December 15, 2012 | 9:37 am | 1 Comments
Metastatic breast cancer in the liver is breast cancer that has spread from its original site, which is the breast to the liver. The liver is the second most common area the breast cancer spreads to, the first being the bones. The breast cancer that matures where it first started in the breast is so-called the primary cancer. The place where it spreads to which is the more...
What is Wheat Grass? by Robert Brown
By CPR Nashville, TN at December 11, 2012 | 8:21 am | 0 Comment
My Dad’s poor dietary habits ultimately led him towards colon cancer. My Father Michael Brown ate mostly meat. Towards his final few years, he was constantly in and out of the hospital. Diabetes, leg amputation and complete dependence on the healthcare system proved to be a miserable existence for Him. After intensive care treatment the last few months of his life, my more...
Marfan Syndrome by Laura Puckett
By CPR Nashville, TN at December 8, 2012 | 8:03 am | 0 Comment
Marfan Syndrome is a genetic disorder that affects the person’s connective tissue. The connective tissue holds organs in place and attach skin to bones and provide support to blood vessels. The gene that is inherited in this syndrome is the fibrillin gene. This protein makes connective tissue elastic and strong so organs can move around be still be anchored. This more...