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Safety First! First Aid and CPR

Deb Blick @ January 2, 2005 # No Comment Yet

Thanks to the cardio aspect of our chosen pastime – hiking! – we get a good workout for our hearts. We should still consider the following information from the American Red Cross:
• Seventy-five percent of all out-of-hospital cardiac arrests occur in the home.
• About 1.25 million people experience a heart attack in the U.S. each [...]

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Safety First! First Aid Kit

Deb Blick @ January 1, 2005 # No Comment Yet

Do you carry a first aid kit? Do you know what is in it? Do you know when and how to use the contents? These are very good questions, and the answers raise many more questions. First aid kits come in all shapes, sizes, and contents. What you bring will depend upon your level of [...]

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