CPR — cardiopulmonary resuscitation — is a potentially life-saving procedure that can restart a person’s heartbeat and breathing. CPR is often used to revive victims of electric shock, near-drowning ...
Keeping Texans Healthy is the mission of HealthTexas Medical Group. Dr. Kristi Clark, medical director at HealthTexas has some helpful safety tips about CPR that everyone needs to keep in mind during ...
There has been a major change in how you perform CPR. We now skip the mouth-to-mouth portion of this saving technique. Now a dispatcher no longer tell callers who are untrained in cardiac pulmonary ...
Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation or CPR is an emergency lifesaving procedure performed when the heart stops beating. Immediate CPR can double or triple chances of survival after cardiac arrest. CPR helps ...
SAINT PETERSBURG, Fla. — What do Bruno Mars and CPR have in common? You can perform CPR to the rhythm of his popular song “Uptown Funk.” Paramedic Brett Van Deman and Ashley Howard from Advent Health ...
When a heart stops beating, doctors turn to the latest technology to start it again. But when cardiac arrest occurs far from a hospital, the rescue technique of cardiopulmonary resuscitation reliably ...
It can happen anywhere at any time. Someone collapses and stops breathing. Cardiac arrest is a leading cause of death in the United States, yet less than half of the people who have an out-of-hospital ...
RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) — National CPR and Automated External Defibrillator (AED) Awareness Week, which runs from June 1 to June 7 this year, spotlights how you can save a life. On Thursday, 8News ...
CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCSC) - As American Heart month comes to an end, Roper St. Francis Healthcare wants to remind the community that everyone has an opportunity to save a life by knowing hands-only CPR.
KNOX COUNTY, Tenn. — As the weather warms up, activity on local waterways continues to increase. Getting out on local lakes and rivers can be fun, but it's important to know how to be safe. Rural ...