Practical CPR - complements www.SLICC.org: Alex Lambson and Dane Zdunich Upgraded to Serious Condition.

Practical CPR - complements www.SLICC.org

When you see a cardiac arrest, your brain fights you - "No, this isn't really happening" - and the circumstances fight you - "Dang! in CPR class the manikin didn't weigh very much and wasn't sitting in a deep chair. This blog deals with practical details and presents reports of "saves." Let me have your questions and comments - they will steer the course of this blog. This blog is brought to you by the volunteers at www.slicc.org

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Saturday, October 9, 2010

Alex Lambson and Dane Zdunich Upgraded to Serious Condition.

by Morgan Skinner, KCSG News

(Las Vegas, NV) - TheUniversity Medical Center medical team has upgraded the condition of 17-year old Alex Philip Lambson and 16-year old Dane Zdunich to serious condition .

The Snow Canyon High School students were struck by lightning Tuesday afternoon about 3:00PM on the school campus.

Ron Hansen, a social studies teacher at Snow Canyon, was the first faculty member on the scene and immediately began CPR on Lambson. The emergency procedure is credited with saving the student's life.

[NB: Victims of lightning strikes frequently have an entry wound, an exit wound, and significant tissue damage internally. Recovering from a lightning strike often requires more than re-starting the heart. Bob]

Posted by Bob Trenkamp at 9:15 AM

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One in seven of us will witness at least one sudden cardiac arrest in our lifetime - and the odds are very high that it will be a family member, friend, or associate. If all we do is call 911, the victim has a one in twenty chance of getting out of the hospital with the major brain functions intact. If you call 911 and then start compression-only CPR, the odds are far, far higher. WWW.SLICC.ORG

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Bob Trenkamp: Bob is a retired businessman who, with his wife and a friend, founded a 501(c)(3) public charity in 2007 named "Saving Lives In Chatham County" or "SLICC" for short. (www.SLICC.org) SLICC is totally staffed and run by volunteers who are trying to change the current dismal one-in-ten cardiac arrest survival rate - where 'survival' means getting out of the hospital with your major brain functions intact. SLICC also is trying to reduce the incidence of disability that results when stroke victims don't get the prompt attention they need to make a full recovery. In retirement, Bob became an EMT and then a Paramedic. Bob has worked on ALS ambulances and in a Level I Trauma Center. He was an AHA instructor for BLS and PALS. Bob is a member of the advisory board of the Sudden Cardiac Arrest Foundation. SLICC's research has been published in the American Journal of Emergency Medicine.

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