Detroit Fire Department trained more than 200 educators and staff how to respond to a cardiac arrest situation.

On the Saturday before Thanksgiving, 11-year-old Vada saw her dad collapse. His heart had stopped. She immediately called 911 ...

The AHA's BLS Course trains participants to promptly recognize several life-threatening emergencies, give high-quality chest compressions, deliver appropriate ventilations and provide early use of an ...

Motion sensor technology – the same technology used on most smart phones – provides rescuers with immediate voice prompts if their CPR compression rate and depth are outside the 2015 AHA ...

However, experts have still not identified whether beginning CPR with rescue breathing (A-B-C approach) or chest compressions (C-A-B approach) is optimal. The AHA based the 2010 recommendation to ...

When someone’s heart stops pumping, early CPR can save their life. New survey research from the American Heart Association reveals more Americans are prepared to provide that lifesaving rhythm for ...

Thanks to quick and effective CPR with a defibrillator, coaches were able to save Spencer Davis’ life. Now the 16-year-old ...