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Learn tips to handle an adult choking, child and infant.
Insulin is a hormone. It is needed by the body to move sugar out of the bloodstream and into the cells. Without sugar, the cells of the body are unable to function and the body begins to die. There are two types of diabetic conditions: Low blood sugar and high blood sugar. Find out how to handle both in a diabetic person.
Learn about the signs a heart attack is coming, how to care for one and how to reduce your risk of having one.
While CPR is only indicated in the most severe type of heart attack, there can be a tremendous payoff in learning this life-saving procedure.
Seizures are generally not life-threatening. Your assistance is needed to protect the patient from self-inflicted injury as a result of the violent convulsions. The seizure will start and stop on its own, you cannot change its course.