{"id":1671,"date":"2009-08-02T06:56:59","date_gmt":"2009-08-02T13:56:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/eaf.net\/mvp\/?p=1671"},"modified":"2009-08-02T06:56:59","modified_gmt":"2009-08-02T13:56:59","slug":"caregiving-and-medical-emergencies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.eaf.net\/mvp\/2009\/caregiving-and-medical-emergencies\/","title":{"rendered":"Caregiving and Medical Emergencies"},"content":{"rendered":"

From CarePages<\/a>, this observation:<\/p>\n

Caregiving for someone who is seriously or chronically ill is a daunting task, and an emergency can be frightening. Taking steps in advance will help you handle a crisis, should one occur.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

They proceed to give some emergency preparedness tips with these 5 Basics Steps to Emergency Preparedness<\/b>:<\/p>\n

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  1. Take a CPR class.\n
  2. Learn the Heimlich maneuver.\n
  3. Maintain a well-stocked first aid kit.\n
  4. Create a medical provider list and keep copies handy.\n
  5. Buy an automatic blood pressure cuff.<\/ol>\n

    So obviously some sort of caregiver training is important. Anyway, after giving some elaboration on each of those, they give these 4 Steps to Take in an Emergency Situation<\/b>:<\/p>\n

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    1. Assess the situation.\n
    2. Call 911.\n
    3. Loosen any tight clothing.\n
    4. Comfort and communicate.<\/ol>\n

      In conclusion, “For a caregiver, an emergency can be both alarming and frightening, but when you’re prepared, you can make a tremendous difference in your loved one\u2019s well-being.”<\/p>\n

      So there you are, caregivers: A few ways to reduce caregiver stress.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

      From CarePages, this observation: Caregiving for someone who is seriously or chronically ill is a daunting task, and an emergency can be frightening. Taking steps in advance will help you handle a crisis, should one occur. They proceed to give some emergency preparedness tips with these 5 Basics Steps to Emergency Preparedness: Take a CPR … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[14,12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1671","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-health","category-lessons-for-living"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/prJUJ-qX","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eaf.net\/mvp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1671","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eaf.net\/mvp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eaf.net\/mvp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eaf.net\/mvp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eaf.net\/mvp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1671"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.eaf.net\/mvp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1671\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eaf.net\/mvp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1671"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eaf.net\/mvp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1671"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eaf.net\/mvp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1671"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}