A life-saving CPR device is being implemented in fire departments across Western Washington. It’s called a LUCAS device and ...

Genaro C. Armas, American Heart Association News Misinformation has circulated for years on social media about how coughing forcefully can treat a heart attack. Health experts are quick to debunk that ...

On the Saturday before Thanksgiving, 11-year-old Vada saw her dad collapse. His heart had stopped. She immediately called 911 ...

Medical guidelines evolve over time based on research and new technology. Staying current with these updates allows you to ...

CENTENNIAL, Colo. ( KDVR) — Thursday, Jan. 30, was almost Daniel Mitchell’s last day. The 29-year-old was playing his weekly basketball game with friends in Centennial, Colorado when he suddenly ...

A Columbia man learned firsthand how crucial cardiopulmonary resuscitation is to survive after a stranger saved his life.

Students at New Century Academy are learning lifesaving techniques and procedures with an elective CPR/First Aid/AED class. One of the most important life saving techniques students have learned ...

HAMPTON ROADS, Va — Vada Carawan, an 11-year-old girl scout from Virginia Beach, joins Coast Live with her father Clint Carawan to discuss how she recently saved his life with CPR when he was ...

Furthermore, mechanical devices do not tire, and maintain consistent depth and rate of compressions. The main disadvantage of A-CPR is the substantial weight of the device (11.6 kg including battery).

Merrill Redfearn, a dental student at the University of Colorado, put his CPR training to the test for ... to figure out how to use the AED shocking device as a group of people who came together ...

Campaign ambassador, Luton Town captain and cardiac arrest survivor, Tom Lockyer, said: "I’m living proof that quick CPR and defibrillation is vital – without it I simply wouldn’t be here today.