Advocate First Health

02/26/2026

There is nothing normal about working in the hospital! 🥴

02/26/2026

According to American Heart Association (AHA) guidelines, you should never perform a blind finger sweep on a choking victim, as it can push the object deeper into the airway. Only remove an object from the mouth if it is clearly visible.

02/26/2026

I love this type of stuff!!! Jeff did an awesome job presenting at TravCon last year!

02/26/2026

Jeff did an awesome job presenting at TravCon last year!!!!

02/24/2026

Let’s go TravCon 2026!!!! TravCon: The Travel Healthcare Conference

02/18/2026

🫀Vivien Theodore Thomas played a major role in developing a procedure now called the Blalock–Thomas–Taussig shunt used to treat blue baby syndrome.

🫀During the first human “blue baby” surgery in 1944, which successfully saved 15-month-old Eileen Saxon, Thomas stood on a step stool behind Blalock to guide him through the procedure. The procedure connects a systemic artery (usually the subclavian) to the pulmonary artery, increasing blood flow to the lungs in newborns with cyanotic heart defects.

🫀In 1976, Johns Hopkins University honored him with an honorary doctorate and appointed him an Instructor of Surgery, allowing him to be formally recognized as “Dr. Thomas”.

02/03/2026

Dr. Edward S. Cooper was an emeritus Professor of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania and the first African American president of the American Heart Association.

02/03/2026

Source: Edward S Cooper Legacy Video
American Heart Association - Eastern States

02/03/2026

The “Modified Valsalva Maneuver” is a technique used to stop Supraventricular Tachycardia (SVT) 🫀 Supraventricular tachycardia (SVT) is a type of irregular heartbeat, also called an arrhythmia. It's a very fast or erratic heartbeat.

01/22/2026