Fewer than 40% of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest patients receive CPR before EMS teams arrive, according to the American Heart Association. Even fewer patients are treated with an automated external ...

Sudden cardiac arrest can happen anywhere, at any time — including during routine activities. Additionally, this type of medical emergency doesn’t just happen to middle-aged adults or the elderly.

The AHA’s BLS Heartsaver CPR AED course trains participants to give CPR and use an automated external defibrillator (AED) in a safe, timely, and effective manner. Reflects science and education from ...

When a woman collapsed on an escalator at the Buffalo, New York, airport last June, Phil Clough knew what to do. He and another bystander put her flat on her back and checked her pulse (faint) and her ...

CPR saves hundreds of thousands of lives each year, according to the American Heart Association, and groups are pushing for it to be taught more in schools and to make training more available to ...

This CPR training is an American Heart Association (AHA) Friends and Family course. This training will include CPR for adult and children, choking and the use of the AED defibrillator. It is for ...

Students who successfully demonstrate CPR and use of the AED will receive a certificate of participation along with a CPR face shield at the end of the module.

HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - To mark National CPR and AED Awareness Week, a local nonprofit is raising awareness about the importance of teaching keiki how to perform CPR and use an AED, or automated ...

Cardiac arrest, which often leads to a heart attack, is frighteningly common: every minute of every day there is another victim, according to the American Red Cross. Almost 80% of cardiac arrests ...

ATLANTA - The Atlanta Falcons and Emory Healthcare are joining forces to offer a free, hands-only CPR and AED training session to the public. The initiative aims to equip community members with the ...

Heart Safe Plymouth, a partnership of the Plymouth Public Safety Department and Rotary Club of Plymouth, is set to offer ...

Twenty Wilkes-Barre Department of Public Works employees recently completed training and received CPR/AED certification and are now equipped with the skills necessary to help someone survive cardiac ...