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Course Review: Cardiac Arrest, Hypothermia, and Resuscitation Science Week 3 #MOOC

In week three of the Massive Open Online Course from Coursera on the topic of Cardiac Arrest, Hypothermia, and Resuscitation Dr. Abella discussed the reason for and action of therapeutic hypothermia for patients with return of spontaneous circulation (ROSC). Excellent and Thorough Presentation I have read, listened to, and watched hours and hours of training […]

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Course Review: Cardiac Arrest, Hypothermia, and Resuscitation Science Week 2 #MOOC

Week 2 of the Coursera course, Course Review: Cardiac Arrest, Hypothermia, and Resuscitation Science Week 1 #MOOC, focused on CPR.  With frequent references to clinical research and AHA guidelines Dr. Abella discussed that CPR quality is the key variable to survival with lay and professional rescuers. Lay Person CPR Training Little is known about the number […]

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Course Review: Cardiac Arrest, Hypothermia, and Resuscitation Science Week 1 #MOOC

This Coursera massive open online course (MOOCs), Cardiac Arrest, Hypothermia, and Resuscitation Science, was one of the first I enrolled in sometime in 2012. The start of the course was delayed many times and it finally launched this week. Like other Coursera MOOCs a subject matter expert delivers a series of video lectures on a specific […]