MONTGOMERY, Ala. (WSFA) -This week is National CPR and AED Awareness Week, spotlighting life-saving skills. According to the American Heart Association, about 90% of people who suffer cardiac arrest ...

MILFORD, Conn. (WTNH) – A 6-year-old Florida boy was recently saved by his mother after his heart stopped when he was hit by a baseball. The situation was similar to what happened to Buffalo Bills ...

As fans pack the stands at football games this fall, would you know how to respond if you saw someone collapse and stop ...

The American Heart Association wants to make sure at least one person in every household is trained in CPR by 2030.

LINCOLN, Neb. (KOLN) - Having to perform CPR on a loved one is simultaneously a nightmare, and the most likely scenario in which you would actually perform it. It’s not fun to think about, but taking ...

A man whose life was saved by a defibrillator after he had a heart attack while cycling in a West Yorkshire village has ...

When a patient is admitted to the hospital in the U.S., there’s a standard question physicians like me are supposed to ask: “If your heart stops beating, do you want us to do CPR?” On the surface, ...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Paging script-writers: Pumping on a patient's chest during CPR while a stretcher careens down a hospital hallway works just fine, Chinese researchers have found. By ...

The posts instruct people to take deep breaths and cough “every second until you arrive at the hospital or until your heart starts to beat normally.” VERIFY reader Terrica sent us one of those posts; ...