Medical emergencies can happen anywhere—at home, at work, on the road, or during everyday activities. In those critical ...

First aid is the immediate care that’s given to someone who’s ill or injured before emergency medical services (EMS) arrive on the scene. In an emergency situation, prompt first aid can be vital in ...

Helping someone in cardiac arrest is not as daunting as it seems. By Gina Kolata Before 1958, there was no such thing as CPR. If someone’s heart stopped because of cardiac arrest, that person fell to ...

Three times in the past year, cardiac ICU nurse Madeline Dahl used CPR and first aid to save people's lives. After a day of biking 103 miles during the Seattle to Portland Classic — a 205-mile, ...

Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) is a vital skill anyone can perform. It is administered to an unconscious person who is not breathing normally. More than 70% of out-of-hospital cardiac arrests ...

June is CPR and AED Awareness Month, a time dedicated to recognizing life-saving skills that could make the difference in an ...

Emergency medical dispatchers give instructions on how to perform cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) over the telephone to callers requesting help for a patient with suspected cardiac arrest, before ...

Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) performed by bystanders is associated with increased survival rates among persons with out-of-hospital cardiac arrest. We investigated whether rates of ...

Adult and Pediatric CPR/AED and First Aid will teach you how to recognize and respond to adult, infant and child victims in various emergency situations. This course offers a two-year certification in ...