Sudden cardiac arrest (SCA) is a medical emergency where the heart suddenly stops beating normally. It can happen to anyone, anytime, anywhere. Immediate defibrillation and high-quality CPR can ...

High school and middle school coaches in Minnesota would have to be trained in how to use automated external defibrillators, ...

Clay County Community Paramedicine will offer free public training on Narcan administration, hands-only CPR and AED use on ...

Bob Davies and Hilary Gates discuss why communities — not just EMS — must act to improve cardiac arrest survival ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . A study conducted in Japan found that an increased rate of bystander CPR and defibrillation between 2005 and ...

The benefits of bystander CPR or use of an automatic defibrillator on a patient suffering from cardiac arrest may last for up to a year, a new study found, with the two techniques also helping to ...

The new free service notifies trained Danville community members when someone nearby is in cardiac arrest, helping start CPR ...

KYOTO, Japan — Compression-only cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) is associated with better neurological outcomes at one month when compared with conventional CPR for out-of-hospital cardiac-arrest ...

Oslo, Norway - Delaying defibrillation until preliminary CPR is performed can improve survival in patients who have had longer duration ventricular fibrillation (VF), investigators say. Their ...

The Carli Lansley Foundation held the latest CPR and defibrillator workshop at Fitzwimarc School on March 9.