Tom Hesse was coming in from right field last September when everything went black and he collapsed on the softball diamond near first base. Luckily, fellow ...

Three years before musician and actress Ilisa Juried appeared on The CW’s reality show Pussycat Dolls Present: Girlicious, her heart stopped in New York City...

Ben Bersick learned CPR as a Boy Scout and trained on it plenty while in nursing school. But the first time he actually had to use it was on his father, Mich...

School nurse Allison Duffy used to grumble when her CPR recertification came due every two years. In 15 years of nursing, even while working in a hospital, s...

Emergency dispatchers should be taught how to give compression-only CPR instructions over the phone, according to updated CPR guidelines for adults and child...

Wisconsin became the latest state in the country to require CPR training in its schools under legislation signed into law this week. The measure was inspired...

Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) is an infectious disease caused by a newly discovered coronavirus. Most people infected with the COVID-19 virus will experienc...

Follow the guidelines to help protect yourself from catching, carrying and passing on SARS-CoV-2. 1. Wash your hands frequently and carefully Use warm water ...

There is currently no evidence that companion animals, including pets, can spread COVID-19 or that they might be a source of infection in the United States. ...

High-quality CPR is the primary component in influencing survival from cardiac arrest. To save more lives, healthcare providers must be competent in deliveri...

Through collaboration with international partners, the American Heart Association works to bring science to life through the creation of programs and campaig...

DALLAS, Jan. 10, 2019 — In its commitment to be a global force for longer, healthier lives, the American Heart Association® unveiled its new lifesaving train...

Judy Strnad was preparing to host friends at a Super Bowl party when she “decided to die on the couch.” That’s according to her wife, Pat Mikos, who was in t...

Over the weekend, California Gov. Jerry Brown signed a bill that will require CPR training for a majority of the state’s high school students. Although the C...

When Manny Medina was 16, he didn’t know or care much about emergency cardiovascular care as he walked into a CPR class at his high school in Las Cruces, New...

Teacher Alisha Byerly was saved with CPR by Morningside Elementary’s first responder team. From left: nurse Allison Duffy; PE coach Jenny Terry; Byerly; prin...

For years, New Hampshire cardiologist Jon Wahrenberger has pushed for two guidelines that would help save lives in an emergency: teaching CPR in schools and ...

Public feedback is being sought for draft standards set by the American Heart Association to help 911 dispatchers walk callers through CPR during a suspected...

Ashley Goette was 39 weeks pregnant when she awoke at 5:00 a.m. to what she thought was her husband snoring, but he was gasping for air and unresponsive. Ash...

Augmented reality is transforming various aspects of medicine, and now it’s going to help train people to save lives using CPR. Augmented reality – a technol...