If someone went into cardiac arrest in front of you, would you know how to save them? That’s a question a local girl and the ...

“CPR, or cardiopulmonary resuscitation, is the process of chest compressions and ventilations provided to someone whose heart has stopped beating,” Weisner said. “That initial CPR being done before ...

Here we are already into the February calendar. With the prognostications of the groundhog behind us, be that as it may, there are other celebrations that loom ahead. Of course Feb. 14 is Valentine’s ...

First responders at Moonlight State Beach teach CPR to members of the public as part. Partners are halfway to the goal of teaching CPR to 1 million San Diegans. (Photo courtesy of County News Center ...

FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- The hot weather brings an increased risk for our hearts. According to the Fresno Fire Department, crews respond to more calls about heat exhaustion, drowning and cardiac ...

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 ...

Different than a heart attack, a cardiac arrest is a life-threatening medical emergency where the heart suddenly stops beating. If you're ever on hand when this happens, knowing how to do CPR can help ...

Thousands of U.S. kids each year collapse from cardiac arrest and need CPR to save their lives. But CPR must start for them in half the time required for adults, according to results presented at the ...