A Wisconsin woman could have died three years ago had her husband not performed compression-only CPR. In hopes of saving more lives, Kay Kratochwill is working with WISC TV and St. Mary’s Hospital to ...

ODESSA, TX (KWES) - The National Texas Two Step CPR and Permian Basin CPR are holding a free event for people to learn how to do compressions-only CPR. The event will run from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. at the ...

We would all like to believe that in the event a stranger was experiencing cardiac arrest, we would not hesitate to act. However, recent statistics published in the Journal of the American Heart ...

A high school student is standing in line at the store and suddenly the customer in front of him or her has a heart attack and collapses. What happens then? If the student is one of 5,000 New York ...

CPR’s mouth-to-mouth resuscitation and chest compressions have saved countless lives, but the chest pumps alone may be just as effective during medical emergencies. A Japanese study found that people ...

You stand ready, blade in one hand, tube in the I other. To your right, two techs are ready to spring into action with chest compressions. To your left, a pair of RNs stand with needles drawn waiting ...

The Ellwood City Public Library is hosting a free CPR training class at 5:30 p.m. Jan. 8. The class is for those 11 and older ...

A Swedish review of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest data shows rates of bystander CPR nearly doubled; compression-only (or Hands-Only CPR) increased six-fold over an 18 year period; and the chance of ...

DALLAS -- "Push hard, push fast" next time you give CPR to someone having cardiac arrest, say new, simpler guidelines in a radical departure from past advice. Putting the emphasis on chest ...