DETROIT – If your heart stops beating, having someone ready to do hands-only CPR -- and quick access to an AED -- dramatically boosts your odds of survival. But it’s truly a team effort said Detroit ...

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 ...

Carol A. Cates, MSN, MBA, RN, is the chief nursing officer at Odessa Regional Medical Center. You can reach her via e-mail at [email protected] I have a love/hate relationship with how healthcare is ...

National CPR and AED Awareness Week, held annually from June 1 to 7, emphasizes the critical importance of mastering cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) techniques and using automated external ...

A security officer enters the Scripps Mercy Hospital San Diego emergency entrance. (Photo by Chris Stone/Times of San Diego) National CPR and AED Awareness Week is June 1-7, bringing attention to ...

When an individual is in cardiac arrest, immediate attention is critical. Survival is strongly time-dependent; delays cost lives. The quicker and more effective the response, the better the chances fo ...

A $50,000 Walbridge grant equips deputies with advanced AEDs to strengthen early defibrillation in underserved parts of ...

The Las Vegas Raiders teamed up with the American Red Cross of Southern Nevada this past weekend in order to provide CPR and ...

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 ...

Connor Shaw was known for his heroics on the football field, but his most important play happened off it: surviving a sudden ...