This year our family vacation is a camping road trip. There will be a lot of hiking and outdoor exploring, so my wife and I have put together a good first-aid kit. Now I think that learning CPR is a ...

“Thanks is not enough, to me, to express what she did,” Umananthini Shanmugarajah, left, says of Sandra Zagury, who saved ...

Bee!” The shout cut through the backyard, instantly scattering the children in the pool. In a single moment, the easy rhythm ...

He co-authored a study last year that found back blows worked better than the Heimlich or chest compressions. “We’re only now getting good evidence on the old choking techniques, let alone ...

Each year, choking claims the lives of more than 4,100 Americans who are 65 or older.

Dunne noted, however, that evidence for the Heimlich maneuver and back slaps is evolving, too. He co-authored a study last year that found back blows worked better than the Heimlich or chest ...

The City of Flint has purchased hands-free devices that give chest compressions to cardiac patients along with cardiac monitors and defibrillators.

The chest compression system is a hands-free device used to deliver compressions to cardiac arrest patients. The cardiac monitors and defibrillators deliver automated shocks to restart a normal ...

By the time Zingg reached the site of the crash, he said, "they’re cutting off his chest protector and starting to work on him doing chest compressions and stuff like that.