From very young ages, nearly all of us hear about CPR, and maybe even CPR training — learning how to keep someone’s heart beating after they have a heart attack or other cardiac event that causes the ...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WAVE) - New Albany Fire has a new piece of equipment that can help save lives in a heart emergency. The LUCAS machine can be used when someone is in cardiac arrest. The machine ...

DECATUR – Doing CPR during a medical emergency is difficult. A lot of force and speed is needed to keep blood flowing through the body when the heart quits. After two minutes, even the most fit ...

Hands-Only CPR on a mannequin. (American Heart Association via SWNS) By Stephen Beech Fictional depictions of CPR are often "misleading" - and could cost lives, warns new research. Dramas frequently ...

The Fremont Fire Department received the go-ahead on Tuesday, Nov. 29, to move forward with the purchase of three new, updated automatic-robot CPR machines for use in city ambulances. The Fremont City ...

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Old-fashioned CPR is getting a makeover. Cardiopulmonary resuscitation is crucial when people collapse with cardiac arrest, but it's hard to perform correctly. Now major efforts are ...