Jul 16, 2018
Losing his grandfather to cardiac arrest led Dr. Robert Sanchez to a career in medicine. His volunteer leadership earned him the American Heart Association's Physician of the Year award.
Jul 12, 2018
Drowning doesn’t always look like it does on TV. A few simple, intentional steps can significantly lower the risk.
Jul 11, 2018
A chance 6 a.m. phone call resulted in Dr. Matt Austin being awake to save his wife Stephanie during a cardiac arrest.
Jul 9, 2018
Keidryn Nimsgern’s heart stopped in boyfriend Jake Suter's car. A 911 dispatcher walked him through CPR. But knowing how to walk callers through CPR isn't required for all 911 dispatchers.
Jun 22, 2018
CPR increases the possibility of surviving sudden cardiac arrest. But it's not just trained professionals who can jump in to perform CPR. There are simple, lifesaving steps any bystander can take.
Jun 7, 2018
Drones are now heralded as a solution to a problem that’s bedeviled emergency medical personnel for years: How to deliver lifesaving defibrillators to people suffering cardiac arrest in areas not quickly reached by ambulances.
Jun 6, 2018
Alisa Mari prodded her husband, Andy, to watch a talk show about CPR. A week later, he used what he’d learned to save her life.
Jun 4, 2018
Immediate CPR can double or triple the likelihood that a person will survive cardiac arrest, but survivors often face struggles, particularly with their brains.
Jun 2, 2018
When someone collapses from cardiac arrest, everything that happens after that moment can impact a person’s chances of survival. New resuscitation guidelines lay out instructions for a quick.
Jun 2, 2018
Attempts to resuscitate patients have changed dramatically throughout history with each version developed in hope of saving lives. Today, cardiopulmonary resuscitation, also known by the acronym CPR, can double or triple a cardiac arrest victim’s chance of survival -- if it is given immediately.