Health care workers who require CPR certification to perform their jobs can get a nationally recognized certificate from ProCPR.org for $17.50 if they take the online course and purchase their certificate before the end of the year. In response to difficult economic conditions, ProCPR is reducing the price of its accredited online CPR training and certification program from $29.95 to $17.50.

CPR certification in a traditional classroom setting has been the standard means of teaching CPR since its inception in the 1960s. ProCPR changes this model by incorporating e-learning, allowing the student to learn when it is most convenient for them. The website also sends optional training videos through e-mail every week to participants to keep the material fresh over the two-year certification period.

“Cash is tight for people during the Christmas season, especially in this economy. We are hoping to lower the stress a little this year with a reduced rate,” says Roy Shaw, co-founder of ProCPR.

The ProCPR.org program offers a special “blended” certificate to students who require a brief hands-on skills demonstration with a manikin. This manikin practice is performed after the student has completed his or her cognitive training online and may be administered by any valid CPR instructor.

About ProCPR, LLC: ProCPR is an accredited CPR certification program that follows the American Heart Association suggested training guidelines and strictly adheres to the latest ILCOR/ECC guidelines. ProCPR.org has certified more than 170,000 health care professionals across the United States and internationally. It is designed to meet the needs and demands of busy health care professionals.

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Grand Rapids, Michigan (PRWEB) December 16, 2008 — iRescueRadio is a new podcast that provides a look at medical, health and rescue related news for the past week in a humorous format that is far from sterile. Join Roy, Jody and Dan for this year’s Christmas safety episode. Both humorous and informational, it entertains while training you to be a little safer during this holiday season.  Health and safety should always be at the forefront of your mind, but so many accidents happen during the Christmas season that it is important to be mindful of the things that can go wrong if you are not careful.

A weekly podcast running approximately 45 minutes in length, iRescueRadio is available for free online at http://www.iRescueRadio.com or you can subscribe on iTunes by visiting the iTunes store and searching for the keyword “iRescueRadio.” The show features an EMT, a paramedic and an “average joe,” who discuss topical health and medical news, breakthroughs and rescues, from around the world. Episodes also occasionally feature guests who bring an expert opinion to the discussion.

A Podcast is a series of recordings, similar to talk radio, but in a format that listeners can download on demand to their MP3 player or a computer using media player software. Although Podcasts originally got their name from the Apple iPod, Podcasts are not limited to only this device. Anyone with an Internet connection and computer speakers can listen to a Podcast.

About iRescueRadio:
iRescueRadio is a health and medical news podcast that was created by the founders of ProCPR.org, an online and blended CPR training company. iRescueRadio was created to inform as well as to entertain. Join Roy, Jody and Dan every week for an entertaining look at injuries and illnesses around the world.

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Here is the first part of the press release:

Everyone knows that taking a CPR class is a good idea, but nobody seems to have the time. Now you can learn CPR without leaving home.

Grand Rapids, MI (PRWEB) September 23, 2008 — High quality video-based CPR training is now being offered for free to anyone with Internet access at www.ProCPR.org.

According to statistics provided by the American Heart Association, about 75 to 80 percent of all sudden cardiac arrests happen at home. Knowing what to do in the case of an emergency could mean the difference between life and death for a loved one.

Now Roy Shaw, a licensed paramedic and co-founder of ProCPR.org, is determined to make this life saving training available to anyone who is willing to take the time to learn. According to Roy, “No price can be placed on the value of a life. The Internet is helping us break down the barriers that exist with classroom training.” Upon completing the program, Morgan Schäaf, a C.N.A. from Jacksonville, FL, wrote, “I found the training much more interesting and plausible than the traditional classroom experience. I’m going to recommend this to everybody I know!”

You can read more of the press release here or here.

If you’re not yet convinced that you should be well prepared to put your CPR skills to practice, we’ve found a story on the website “5 Minutes for Mom” called Have you ever had to use CPR? in which they talk about CPR review videos like the ones we have on ProCPR and ProHomeSafety.

They also have a story from a year prior called How Well Do You Know CPR? that details a scare that one of the writers had.  She talks about how she wants to know more than she does about CPR, and wants to stay on top of her things in case anything should happen again.

We send out a free weekly CPR refresher e-mail that you can use to watch one of our training videos every week to stay sharp in your training. Feel free to sign up to receive those.  If you want, you can also go through our full video training libraries both at ProCPR.org, and ProFirstAid.com where we also have water safety training and more.

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ProCPR joined the many sponsors of the event, whose proceeds help to support police officers in the area.

From “Thin Blue Line of Michigan”:

The Thin Blue Line of Michigan is a non profit organization, which exists to provide assistance in the areas of financial, legal, benefit recovery, counseling, funeral stipends, college stipends, medical costs, medical equipment and other areas of hardship to the families of injured, personal illness, disabled or deceased members of the law enforcement community in addition to Firefighters, Dispatchers, Corrections, EMT, EMS and Administrative Clerks.

The event included a 4-person golf scramble, food and prizes.

For more information, visit Thin Blue Line of Michigan

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Marcelo F. Di Carli, M.D., director of cardiovascular imaging and associate professor of medicine and radiology at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, will serve as editor of the new journal.

Circulation: Cardiovascular Imaging will feature the highest-quality research articles in one of the fastest-growing areas of cardiovascular medicine. “Our journal will provide a focal point for all professionals with an interest in the growing field of cardiovascular imaging, contributing to improved scientific understanding and ultimately to improved care for patients with  cardiovascular disease,” Di Carli said.

“As new cardiovascular imaging techniques are introduced and integrated, we are witnessing cross-training of physicians and scientists in a broad spectrum of imaging technologies, with the emerging notion of a cardiovascular imaging specialist,” said Di Carli, who is also an associate editor for Circulation: Journal of the American Heart Association. “The science resulting from these efforts has increasing difficulties getting published in general cardiology journals, where it competes with a broad spectrum of articles. This presents a unique opportunity for Circulation: Cardiovascular Imaging to attract top articles, address controversial topics, and stimulate the growth of patient-centric imaging research”

“The release of this third member of the Circulation portfolio of cardiovascular specialty journals is yet another exciting moment in this year of new journal releases,” said Joseph Loscalzo, M.D., Editor-in-Chief of Circulation and the Circulation subspecialty journal family. “Under the stewardship of its editor, Dr. Marcelo Di Carli, this journal will doubtless become a primary source of cutting edge information in the rapidly expanding field of cardiovascular imaging.”

Circulation: Cardiovascular Imaging will focus on new translational and clinical research on noninvasive imaging technologies, including echocardiography, radionuclide imagine, PET/CT, cardiovascular CT and MRI, molecular imaging and anatomic and functional vascular imaging.

Timely review articles will include updates on current applications of cardiovascular imaging, new imaging technologies and their clinical roles, issues in imaging research, and translational aspects of molecularly targeted imaging research. Regular features will include series on advances and controversies in cardiovascular imaging, case reports, editorials and letters to the editor.

Circulation: Cardiovascular Imaging is the third of the new Circulation portfolio of journals, designed to meet the growing demand for tightly focused information in areas at the cutting edge of cardiology. Circulation: Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology and Circulation: Heart Failure premiered recently. The remaining three titles — Circulation: Cardiovascular Genetics; Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes; and Circulation: Cardiovascular Interventions — are scheduled for launch later in 2008.

Each issue of Circulation: Cardiovascular Imaging and the other new journals will be available in both print and online formats. The journal Web site, http://circimaging.ahajournals.org/, will launch when the first issue is posted in mid-July and will also present “Publish Ahead of Print” articles and other online features.

Original research articles are now being accepted for consideration by Circulation: Cardiovascular Imaging. For more information on how to submit a manuscript, log on to http://circ.ahajournals.org/misc/ifora_imaging.shtml.

American Heart Association/American Stroke Association Premium Professional members will have free, full-text access to journal articles through December 31, 2008. The first issue of each of the six new journals will be available to the public for free as sample issues.

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