A person who suffers a cardiac arrest in public has more than twice the chance of surviving if a bystander steps in to restart the heart with an automated ex...

CPR training in high schools is the best place to create a generation of lifesavers. Why? Because the majority of sudden cardiac arrests happen outside of th...

We are excited that with the end of our fiscal year that we have a lot of advocacy wins to celebrate. This was a true team effort that could not be achieved w...

Coleen Nilsen’s story is about as freaky as a story can get. An accident at work, in which a box with a bicycle inside fell on her abdomen, landed Coleen nea...

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...

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

When most people think of Texas high school football, the heat of those Friday Night Lights first comes to mind. But, in reality, one of the biggest opponent...

My Senior Project back at Ashley Hall High School was inspired by a traumatic event that happened to my friend in the summer of 2009. He almost lost his life...

Meet the Brad and Kristi Wellendorf Family from South Dakota. Their story could happen to anyone. We applaud their courage to share their story with others...

The number-one killer among healthy young athletes is sudden cardiac arrest. Every three days someone suffers from it, and each year more than 400,000 people...

Herb Lommen is not only saving lives by teaching CPR in Oregon and keeping kids healthy with physical education, but he’s a passionate advocate helping suppo...

Guest blogger: Sarah Higginbotham, Oregon Government Relations Director On Tuesday March 3, AHA advocates filled the halls of Oregon’s State Capitol to share...

CPR saves lives, but some bystanders may hold back from helping for fear of being sued. New research suggests the higher legal risk comes from not helping. A...

The Hughes family from left: Reese, mom Nicole, Lily, dad Jonathan and Levi, who drowned during a family vacation. (Photo courtesy of the Hughes family) Nico...

Karen Yates is the Chest Pain Coordinator and EMS Liaison for the Methodist Mansfield Medical Center in Mansfield, TX. She has nominated nurse Tai Tran for t...

When reading my book to elementary students, I like to ask them what they would do in certain emergency situations. I ask questions such as, “What would you ...

DALLAS, Nov. 7, 2017 — More people will survive cardiac arrest if emergency medical dispatchers give chest compression-only CPR instructions over the phone a...

Most U.S. employees are not prepared for cardiac emergencies at work, according to new surveys of employees and workplace safety managers. The surveys, commi...

The American Heart Association wants all students and educators to learn CPR & First Aid to create a generation of people that are prepared to act in an emer...

Gary Hartman was thoroughly enjoying his Highline High School 40th reunion with classmates in Burien, Washington, last month when without warning, he fell he...