Cardiopulmonary resuscitation, otherwise known as CPR, is a procedure done when a patient’s heartbeat has stopped. It includes a quick assessment of the patient and carrying out chest compressions and ...

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 ...

One-half of all OHCA are witnessed by bystanders. The most important stage in the survival chain of OHCA is cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR), and recognising symptoms and signs of sudden ...

EIGHTH-GRADERS AT Southside Middle School will receive training in “hands-only” CPR from the Manchester Fire Department beginning in the fall, after the school board approved the pilot program.

HUNDREDS of pupils on Canvey have been taught potentially life-saving skills by two paramedics as part of a new initiative ... cover CPR, using an automated external defibrillator, the recovery ...

PARKERSBURG, W.Va. (WTAP) - The Highmark West Virginia Charitable Fund presented a check to the American Heart Association Wednesday morning. The $110 thousand dollar grant will be used to help ...

The cost is $20 per person. A Friends and Family CPR course will be held from 1 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. and will cover: —Adult hands-only CPR and CPR with breaths. —Child and infant CPR.

One of the first steps to do during a cardiac arrest is to contact an ambulance and begin cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR), followed by defibrillation with an Automated External Defibrillator ...

It aims to train 270,000 people in life-saving CPR. Sky Bet, which sponsors the English Football League Championship, has pledged to donate up to £3 million to support the initiative which is ...

In addition to calling for the dedicated line for infants, she and Erik asked for leaders to support an initiative to make infant CPR kits free and widely available to the public to be better ...