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August 10, 2010
Food and fun can combine for tragic choking event

Often, choking happens with adults in restaurants or at dinner parties where the victim is eating, maybe having a few alcoholic beverages, laughing and having a good time. The combination of food, talking, laughter and a few cocktails can be deadly if food accidentally becomes lodged in the airway. But you can help.

June 25, 2010
Don't rub when dust gets in your eye

There are several types of injuries to the eye and I break them down into several categories.

June 15, 2010
Take care of bloody noses with a pinch

The treatment for a bloody nose is simple, yet most people get it wrong. Should they hold their head back or forward? Should they blow their nose or not?

April 27, 2010
Recognizing a diabetic emergency at sea

The World Health Organization (WHO) defines diabetes as a chronic disease that occurs either when the pancreas does not produce enough insulin or when the body cannot effectively use the insulin it produces.

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April 5, 2010
CPR still vital with AED

An Automated External Defibrillator or AED is a portable, battery-operated electronic device about the size of a laptop computer.

March 8, 2010
ONBOARD EMERGENCIES: Cardiac arrest

Last month I wrote about myocardial infarction, also known as a heart attack. Heart attacks are usually caused by a blood clot that stops the flow of blood in the artery of the heart. In simpler terms I like to call this a plumbing problem. 

This month, I plan to discuss sudden cardiac arrest, which is an electrical problem, not a plumbing problem.

The American Heart Association defines cardiac arrest as the sudden, abrupt loss of heart function. Sudden death occurs within minutes after symptoms appear.

February 8, 2010
Know the symptoms of a heart attack

February is American Heart Month but it is not because of Valentine's Day. It was designated heart month by the U.S. Congress in 1963 to raise public awareness of heart disease. 

Heart disease is the leading cause of death in the United States. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, in 2006, heart disease caused 26 percent of deaths, more than one in every four deaths in the United States. The CDC indicates that every year about 785,000 Americans have their first heart attack, 470,000 more will have another attack.

January 11, 2010
It’s time to open that first aid kit and see what’s in there

What are your resolutions for the new year? How about you and your crew resolve to be safe by giving your first aid kit a thorough check up?

October 26, 2009
Recognizing depression is first step in healing

For the past two years I have been helping a family member in his early 40s with severe depression. To an outsider he seemed fine: good job, wife, two beautiful daughters, but he was not happy. He was self medicating with alcohol, and lots of it. The more he drank, the more depressed he became, and the more depressed he was, the more he drank.

October 1, 2009
All yachts should carry an AED – maybe two – to save lives

Q. Should we have an AED on our boat? My answer is always “yes.” According to the American Heart Association, sudden cardiac arrest claims about 340,000 lives each year, about 1,000 every day in the United States.
Sudden cardiac arrest, which is the leading cause of death in the United States, kills more people than breast cancer, lung cancer, and AIDS combined. Currently 95 percent of all cardiac arrest victims die.