Newly Added American Heart Association (AHA) Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) Skill Session

Date: 3-19-2016

Start Time: 1:45 PM

Registration/Share Link: https://www.lovehealthservice.com/american-heart-skill-sessions/heartcode-pals-skill-session/154-pals-skills-session

This is only a skills check session and not a classroom course. You must purchase the online course directly from the American Heart Association and complete the online course before coming to this skills session.

The fee for this skills session only covers the cost of the skills session and not the online course. Please click or tap on the details link for specific information on this session's date, time, and cost. The online course from the American Heart Association™ can be used for both initial and renewal certification.

Love Health Service proudly provides all the American Heart courses. Contact us today to set up a course at your location.

Lawsuit Filed After Death At Surgery Center

Lawsuit Filed After Death At Surgery Center             

In surgery, when something goes wrong, minutes become hours. Minutes are the focus of a lawsuit filed by the family of a 29-year-old Seymour nurse who died in February 2015 after undergoing minor elective sinus surgery at the North Haven Surgery Center. The suit alleges that the center waited as long as 29 minutes to call an ambulance after Katherine O'Donnell's blood pressure and pulse fell to critical levels on the operating table – and that doctors continued to proceed with surgery, even as their efforts to resuscitate her failed. The case raises questions about how well equipped freestanding surgical centers are to handle emergencies, and what sanctions they face for alleged lapses in care. The lawsuit alleges that the center and Fairfield Anesthesia Associates, LLC, which handled anesthesia in the case, failed to properly respond by stopping the surgery immediately and calling a "Code Blue"