CPR’s mouth-to-mouth resuscitation and chest compressions have saved countless lives, but the chest pumps alone may be just as effective during medical emergencies. A Japanese study found that people ...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WAVE) - New Albany Fire has a new piece of equipment that can help save lives in a heart emergency. The LUCAS machine can be used when someone is in cardiac arrest. The machine ...

First responders administer CPR on a motorcycle rider. (File photo courtesy OnScene.TV) The San Diego County Fire Protection District has upgraded 35 automated chest-compression devices to their ...

WASHINGTON — Just look at it as reading, writing, arithmetic … and lifesaving. Starting this fall, all students in D.C. public and charter high schools will be required to learn hands-only — or ...

New research has found that a type of automatic chest compression is more effective to carry out CPR in space than the ‘handstand method’ that is currently recommended in emergency protocols for ...

Juniors at Northview High School received required hand-on CRP and AED training on Wednesday, led by Dr. Matthew Steiner, a ...

They are CPR heroes, albeit modest ones. Student Anthony Rosa Compres and his CPR teacher Oswaldo De La Cruz have both saved lives because they know what to do when a heart stops beating. Other WRAL ...

BRYN MAWR, Pa. (CBS) -- Some local high schoolers are teaching the community about a life-saving measure. Their main focus on Saturday was to bring awareness to cardiac arrest and CPR. "Pick a song, ...

Ryder Elkin clutched a handful of papers tightly as he told his classmates at Palos Verdes High School about the day he saved his father’s life. “It started just like any other day,” the soft-spoken ...