CPR Updates:

The old CPR is out! No more ABC, (airway, breathing, compressions)
now it is CAB (compressions, airway, breathing)
for more info, email us and update your cpr card at Oncallmedic.net

New Carseat Safety:

Here is an article i recently read:
Don’t Turn Car Seats Around Until Age 2, Say Doctors
21 March 11 01:22
Parents should keep their children in rear-facing car seats until the toddlers reach the age of 2, the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) advises. The previous guidance age was one year old or when the child weighs 20 pounds.
The AAP also advises to keep all children younger than 13 in the back seat at all times.
The new policy and revised guidelines was written by Dr. Dennis Durbin, a pediatric emergency physician at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia.
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration also released new guidelines for child passenger safety, which parallel the AAP’s recommendations.
Keeping a child seated backwards in the car reduces the risk of serious injury, according to new data from the United States and Sweden, where children usually remain seated backwards until the age of 4.
Dr. Durbin said that the child may be less comfortable seated backwards but noted, “I think one of the main messages that’s coming out of these recommendations is that those transitions should be delayed for as long as possible, because with each transition you make you give up a little safety in the event of a crash,” he said.
The new guidance states, “All infants and children should be in rear-facing car seats until age 2, or until they outgrow the height and weight specifications of the seat. Once children outgrow a rear-facing seat, they should be placed in forward-facing car seats with harnesses until they exceed the height and weight criteria.
“After forward-facing seats are no longer suitable, children should be placed in belt-positioning booster seats until the vehicle’s lap-and-shoulder seat belt fits properly — with the lap portion fitting low across the hips and pelvis and the shoulder portion fitting across the middle of the shoulder and chest — usually when a child reaches 4 feet 9 inches or around ages 8 to 12.”

how cool is this!

Dear Sylvia,
I’ve written this recommendation of your work to share with other LinkedIn users.

Details of the Recommendation: “I have been working in the event management field more more than a decade and Sylvia Wildfire is the most knowledgeable, experienced and professional event safety, accident and injury prevention, and medic services provider I have ever met. This aspect of events is often overlooked at great risk to an event host. It is impossible to expect the truly unexpected. For example, at one of the events Sylvia worked for me, I had a very high profile keynote speaker unexpectedly show up in a wheelchair. He wanted to get out of his wheelchair and walk the four steps to the center of the stage on his own. Not only did Sylvia manage the process of getting him on and off the stage (for which I will be eternally grateful), she used her on the spot problem solving skills to cleverly redesign the stage in an attractive way for a seated speaker. While her redesign assistance was not at all a part of her job description, it truly made a difference in the outcome of my event for the audience and my keynote speaker.”
Service Category: Event Safety and Medic Services
Year first hired: 2008 (hired more than once)
Top Qualities: Great Results, Expert, Good Value

Ouch of the day!

Medic question of the day (from tracy)
Q: When I have used so much sun screen it is still on me and then I get burned what do I do? Aloe burns!!!
A: First take a cool shower with liquid soap to get off the remaining sun screen. Then use an Aloe WITH lidocaine. Most grocery stores have them. shower again before bed and reapply as needed.
Don’t forget to drink a lot. your body is using that water to rehydrate!

SwineFlu

Don't forget the SwineFlu, Here is a tip for staying safe, stay away from anyone who is sick, even if they are your best friend.Sorry piglet, nothing personal!

4 Tips you need to know now to be safe on July 4th!

Tip 1.
Wear leather gloves if you HAVE to handle fireworks.
Tip 2.
Burn treatment consists of stopping the burning process as soon as possible. Drench burned area with lots and lots of cool running water. Only when the burning stops should you bandage loosely with a dry clean sterile bandage. Go to the doctor if the burn is blistering and over the size of a quarter, Or if it has dark charcoal areas.
Tip 3.
Most people don’t realize that heat exhaustion starts with a small tummy ache in children and stomach cramps in adults. If you know someone who feels like this, get them to a cool place and give them water and Gatorade. If they get worse, call 911
Tip 4.
Keep your family and friends together and stay out of harm’s way. If you think something is not safe, it usually isn’t. Listen to your instincts, they (and you)are right!

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