Getting Fit and Staying Safe for Women

When it comes to martial arts, women are often times more hesitant to get involved. MMA and Brazilian Jiu Jitsu have become increasingly popular over the recent years, but this has also caused there to be some incorrect preconceived notions about these forms of martial arts. Unfortunately, this has caused some potential students to write off the possibility of taking martial arts training. This has especially affected females, kids or practically anyone who has not yet taken a class in martial arts.

The thing to keep in mind is that not everyone who takes martial arts or Brazilian Jiu Jitsu training has to do so to become a competitor. While the world of UFC fighting and similar markets has made BJJ popular for competitors, the majority of those who train do not go on to compete. Even if you have the desire to learn BJJ just for health or defense reasons, you are in it for the right reasons. It is also important to stress that, women getting involved with BJJ can see as great results as anyone training.

Getting Fit with BJJ

Training Brazilian Jiu Jitsu can help women get in shape with greater ease. By being involved with something that is actually fun and interesting, women students are more likely to stick with their training as opposed to continuing to use their gym membership. Another great fitness benefit for women taking BJJ classes is that this really is a great way to get total body fitness. Other classes or trying to weight lift at a gym often neglects certain parts of the body. With BJJ, students really do get all over body toning and shaping. Of course there are more reasons to take martial arts classes for women than getting fit to improve one's physical appearance.

Staying Safe with BJJ Training

For a woman, being able to defend yourself against a potential assailant is a crucial ability to have. Even for those who may carry mace or even a handgun, there is never a guarantee you will be able to reach a weapon. Also, being just physically strong does not always equate being able to actually defend yourself. Lifting weights is not the same as learning potentially lifesaving martial arts self-defense maneuvers.

It is recommended for every women to have some sort of martial arts training. Some basic Jiu Jitsu techniques could prevent a major attack from taking place.

Taking advantage of the 30 day free trial membership at Jiu Jitsu Foundation is just the beginning to changing your life. Use martial arts to help get in the shape you have always wanted to be in, while also gaining the knowledge and techniques you need to defend yourself on the streets. Stop by and meet our friendly staff and gain some insight from our mixed level student base. Any one of our world-class competitors to beginning level students will be glad to share with you what their training at Jiu Jitsu Foundation has done to improve their lives.

Identifying The Weak Spots of a Human Body

Everyone has their own pressure points in the body which are used for healing and self-defense. In traditional medicine, these pressure points are used to heal certain illnesses and diseases in the body. In martial arts, on the other hand, these are used to get an edge over enemies for survival. Most often, they target these pressure points during their encounter to end the fight and win. If you want to survive and conquer your enemies, it is a must that you have knowledge on these specific pressure points because you can use them to immobilize your enemies.

In self-defense, you need to gain opportunity to overcome or incapacitate your opponent to escape and ask immediate assistance from police authorities or from anyone in the vicinity. Apart from bringing portable self-defense tools and using improvised weapons, you can hit your opponent on these pressure points to defend yourself and to immobilize him. The best way to achieve this is by focusing on is pressure points and use it to your advantage. Attacking these are brutal which can result to injury, trauma and death.

Critical pressure points of the human body include:

o Head - The skull or top of the head is the weakest area of the head which can lead to trauma and injury in the cranial cavity. It can also result to hemorrhage and unconsciousness.

o Temple - This is the part of our skull where the artery and the large nerves are located. When this part is attacked, it can lead to concussion.

o Eyes - It is one important part of a human body and slight poke on the eyes can lead to blurry vision and uncontrollable watering. When extensive force is imposed or foreign objects are placed on the eyes, it can result to permanent blindness and death.

o Nose - One hard blow on the nose can lead to fracture of the thin bones, thereby causing uncontrollable watering of the eyes and extreme pain.

o Jaw - When you attack the jaw of your attacker, it can lead to dislocation of his jaw, fracture, and paralysis because it is where the facial nerve is located and extreme pressure can lead to facial paralysis.

o Chin - Similar to jaw, severe blow to the chin can result to unconsciousness, paralysis and mild concussion. The jawbone is a sensitive part of the body because it serves as a lever that transmits force to the brain and it is also where the respiratory and cardiac mechanisms of our body are located.

o Throat - One powerful blow to the throat of your attacker can lead to instantaneous death due to the damage to his windpipe.

o Back of the ears and skull's base - These are vital parts of the head because moderate to powerful blow to these areas can lead to unconsciousness, concussion, hemorrhage and death.

o Side of the neck - One sharp blow to this part can cause unconsciousness due to the damage of the vagus nerve, carotid artery and jugular vein.

These are the critical pressure points of a person's body which can be used as self-defense when the need arises.

How Can Professionals Enhance Patient Safety?

Infusion is a medical process involving rapid or slow substance introduction directly into the vein or in some cases between tissues. Intravenous (IV) therapy can be performed any time a patient needs blood, drugs, or electrolytes. The infusion IV supplies used to accomplish this type of therapy include access devices in the form of a needle, Peripheral IV line (PIV), or central IV line. Central intravenous lines are applied to specific veins within the body. They offer certain advantages over other methods like the ability to deliver fluids that PIVs are sensitive to, they faster bodily distribution, and they have ability to apply multiple types of liquids at the same time.

A standard set includes a sterile container such as a plastic bag with a drop attachment for flow rate control, sterile tubing with clamps to stop flow or regulate the rate, and an access device with connectors. Infusion pumps provide the ability to have precise control regarding how much fluid is delivered and the set rate. Rapid infusers in the form of warmers or inflatable cuffs are sometimes used when a high flow rate is required. Blood-based products, medications, and nutritional solutions are common items supplied to a patient using this medical process.

IV Fluids: Measures Can Be Taken to Decrease Administration Risks

The administration of IV fluids can result in adverse effects even when the utmost precautions are taken. Infection is one of the largest concerns because any skin break has this risk. Bacteria have the ability to enter the entry site or can be introduced through contaminated equipment. The problem is often local; however, bacteria are capable of spreading throughout the entire body by means of the bloodstream, consequently causing a life-threatening scenario. Additional complications can arise as IV fluids are delivered to a patient including:

Vein Inflammation

Infiltration

Extravasation

FluidOverloading

Hypothermia

Imbalances

Blood Clots

Air Bubbles

The risk of infection, while not completely avoidable, is reduced by using new sterile supplies for every application, minimizing area cleaning, frequent changing, and eliminating devices with the possibility of carrying bacteria. Vein inflammation is most often due to the introduction of a foreign body or a direct patient reaction. Infiltration or extravasation involves substance entry into the tissue as opposed to the vein. The complication is extremely common and only dangerous if the medication poses damage to the surrounding tissue. Overloading occurs when the substances are supplied at too high of a rate or too large of a volume than what can be handled by the body.

Hypothermia is the result of an extreme internal bodily temperature drop with the most common association being when a person develops the condition due to outside cold; however, it can also be a directly caused by cold fluid entry. Given liquids are stored at a temperature below normal body heat and cause a significant decrease if delivered rapidly. Warmers prevent hypothermia when extensive amounts of a substance must be introduced to the patient rapidly. Numerous professionals are switching to disposable device administration in an effort to reduce both of these risks. New designs are portable, use battery power, work with standard infusion IV supplies, and have improved flow rate efficiency.

Post Apocalypse Survival

Is Hollywood Right?

What comes into your mind when you think of Post Apocalypse Survival?

When I think of Post Apocalypse Survival I think of wastelands and survivors armed to the teeth with strange looking home made weapons scavenging for anything useful. While this might sound a bit hollywood to you, the truth is no one really knows for sure what would happen to the population after a full scale apocalypse. We do however, get a sense....

Back To The Stone Age

We can only observe human behaviour based on what we see after disasters such as earthquakes, tsunamis and nuclear reactor meltdowns. Based on these events, the news isn't so good. It appears we literally descend into the stone age. We need to prepare for this.

Chose Your Own Apocalypse

There is of course no shortage of ways people believe the human race will meet its end. You can choose between popular theories like:

The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse - This relates to the war horse and the horsemen which are warriors sent out from the throne of God to make various sorts of war on earth.

Robot uprising - Our own artificial intelligence overtakes us. Robots built to serve us reach a realisation that we are enslaving them and thus rebel against us by waging war.

Mysterious Planet X - Planet X, also known as Nibiru, was first seen during the early 1980s by NASA. The planet is believed to make it's devastating debut this century.

Mayan Calendar - The ancient Mayan calendar's long count cycle will end on December 21, 2012 and foretells of a big, devastating, mysterious and troubling end of the world as we all know it.

Massive Solar Flare - A solar flare is an explosion on the surface of the sun which produces a wave of high energy that travels outward away from the sun and smashes into earth knocking out all our communications.

Don't all of those sound fantastic! No matter what your choice, you can bet someone has thought of a scenario and planned accordingly. Shouldn't you at least do some planning?

Privileged Few

Some of the privileged may get to secret bunkers in time, others may have made their own shelters. Either way if you're one of the privileged few that survives one of these events, your troubles are only just beginning.

There are however universally agreed things you can do to increase your chances of post apocalypse survival.

1. Keep healthy and fit

Science tells us that healthy people have better immune systems and have better endurance than unfit people. These are all desirable traits in a pure survival situation. Build up your fitness by doing some running and basic strength training. The ability to run a few miles could be difference between life or death.