Football players at Olney High School traded tackles for chest compressions Tuesday as the Eagles and American Heart ...

A Central High School senior is working to put lifesaving skills into more hands by organizing free CPR certification training for fellow students and members of ...

New American Heart Association scientific statement reviews data on the experience of lay people who have performed cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR), assessing their perspectives on what it is ...

Every year, more than 350,000 cardiac arrests occur outside of a hospital in the United States[1]. Survival often depends on how quickly people nearby recognize the emergency, call 911, begin CPR and ...

Sudden cardiac arrest occurs when the heart unexpectedly stops beating, which cuts off blood flow to the brain and other organs. If not treated, it can cause death within minutes. In fact, only about ...

It only takes two hands to save a life. Your two hands, pushing strongly on the chest bone in a regular beat, can take the place of a heart that has stopped. In essence, you become the heart, pumping ...

A young player’s cardiac arrest during a game spotlights the importance of CPR as the league hosts an event to support ...

The players learned hands-only CPR and how to use an automated external defibrillator, or AED, during a special practice ...

Having students work with more female designed manikins should be a universal standard in every classroom and CPR training ...

The heart has an internal electrical system that controls the rhythm of the heart. A problem in this system may cause a cardiac arrest. It may cause the heart to stop pumping blood to the brain and ...