LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- If someone near you has a heart attack or experiencing an overdose situation, the minutes between when you call 911 and when rescuers arrive can make the difference between life ...

Peter Prendiville suffered a cardiac arrest just 20 minutes into a hockey game at Droitwich Leisure Centre in Worcestershire ...

Michael Brotherton and Hector Zelaya are wasting no time taking their school lessons to the street. The two Northeast High School seniors were walking down the hall Monday afternoon when a ...

Getting cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) certified is a requirement for many jobs, especially in healthcare, childcare, ...

Teaching people to potentially save a life. CPR classes are being offered at New Haven libraries to give people the skills to act if they see someone in cardiac arrest. As compressions follow the ...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Paging script-writers: Pumping on a patient's chest during CPR while a stretcher careens down a hospital hallway works just fine, Chinese researchers have found. By ...

A Wisconsin woman could have died three years ago had her husband not performed compression-only CPR. In hopes of saving more lives, Kay Kratochwill is working with WISC TV and St. Mary’s Hospital to ...

AKRON, N.Y. (WIVB) — The State Board of Regents is expected to approve a plan that would make sure all high school students are CPR certified before they graduate. The measure is inspired by Emily ...