Roy on Rescue

iRescueRadio 003: Television and Health, High School Basketball Player Heart Attack, Neighborhood Rescue

This week we discuss how tv has a negative health and social effects on children;  we learn about the condition of a High School basketball player that collapsed with a heart attack in the middle of a game, and the outcome of that; and a CPR rescue story!

Also discussed this week: how technology may be altering how brains work, and the FDA’s decision to discount melamine’s danger in infant formula.

Sources:

Too Much TV Time Is Harmful To A Child’s Health (kypost.com)
FDA Discounts Danger from Melamine in U.S. Made Infant Formula (medpagetoday.com)
Techonology May be altering how Brains Work(msnbc)
Basketball Player:
Holland basketball player critical after court collapse (wzzm13)
UPDATE: Holland basketball player making a miraculous recovery (wzzm13)
Basketball player grateful for first aid when heart stopped (wzzm13)
CPR Rescue Story:
A Life Saved this Morning… maybe Three! (procprblog)
Amid Frustration… 30 Seconds Either Way… (fiestycharlie)

Roy Shaw

Roy is the lead trainer and co-founder of ProTrainings. He is also an EMT paramedic whose opinions about rescue come from many years of experience on the ambulance.

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