The Chilton County Sheriff’s Office was able to buy some life-saving equipment thanks to a grant funded through the Alabama Sheriffs Association.

Chilton County deputies now carry AEDs in all patrol vehicles after a grant from the Alabama Sheriffs Association boosted their life-saving tools.

CPR, or cardiopulmonary resuscitation, is a critical emergency technique that can restore blood flow and oxygenation to the body when someone’s heart stops beating or they stop breathing normally. It ...

Gregori High senior Alan Ovrahim’s father was a hospital nurse for almost 20 years and often told his son about people having heart attacks for underlying heart conditions and collapsing. “There was ...

The Springfield Fire Department is offering free hands-only CPR training on four Saturdays in February, aiming to equip more people with lifesaving skills during American Heart Month, according to a ...

most of next week, but more arctic air may arrive again by next weekend. NOT EVERYONE KNOWS HOW TO PERFORM C-P-R. BUT IN SOME CASES, IT'S THOSE FEW MINUTES OF CHEST COMPRESSIONS THAT CAN MAKE A ...

You’ve seen what a cardiac arrest looks like on television — the patient limp and pale, the alert lifesaver pounding their chest, shouting, “Stay with me! Stay with me!” Although the depictions of ...

Share on Pinterest Television shows often show CPR incorrectly or with outdated methods. Image Credit: Francesco Carta fotografo/Getty Images A recent analysis by the University of Pittsburgh found ...

When cardiac arrest occurs, every second counts—but, according to a new study out of the University of Pittsburgh, the cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) techniques shown on television are misleading ...