The primary purpose of the courses in the American Red Cross CPR/AED for Professional Rescuers program trains participants with the knowledge and skills needed to: Participants who successfully ...

During Sudden Cardiac Arrest, a person’s chance of survival can be increased if Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) is combined with the use of an Automated External Defibrillator (AED) as quickly as ...

Cardiopulmonary resuscitation, or CPR, is an emergency lifesaving procedure performed when the heart stops beating (cardiac arrest), according to the American Heart Association. The AHA says there are ...

Carol A. Cates, MSN, MBA, RN, is the chief nursing officer at Odessa Regional Medical Center. You can reach her via e-mail at [email protected] I have a love/hate relationship with how healthcare is ...

HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - To mark National CPR and AED Awareness Week, a local nonprofit is raising awareness about the importance of teaching keiki how to perform CPR and use an AED, or automated ...

PACIFIC BEACH – Pacific Beach Middle School is ready. The school was recently awarded $1,500 worth of equipment to augment the CPR component in its healthcare literacy class. “This grant provides PBMS ...

Fewer than 40% of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest patients receive CPR before EMS teams arrive, according to the American Heart Association. Even fewer patients are treated with an automated external ...

Early and timely CRP and defibrillation can increase survival rate of sudden cardiac arrest (SCA) patients to 70 per cent Every year in India nearly two million people die of sudden cardiac arrest ...

Patients aged 40 and under in Hong Kong who suffer cardiac arrests outside hospitals are almost 10 times more likely to survive if emergency first aid procedures are applied promptly, researchers have ...

(WKBN) — June is CPR and AED awareness month. If you don’t know CPR, now is a good time to learn, because emergencies can happen at any time. Some people may feel scared to help during an emergency, ...