School districts in the south and southwest suburbs have different numbers of automated external defibrillators available, but officials have different opinions on whether the state should provide ...

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Fewer than 40% of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest patients receive CPR before EMS teams arrive, according to the American Heart Association. Even fewer patients are treated with an automated external ...

Although adolescent sports-related deaths are rare, they are commonly caused by cardiovascular problems, such as commotio cardis--cardiac arrest caused by being hit in the chest with an object, such ...

In conjunction with the Healthy Campus Network and the Be Smart About Safety Programs, the Office of Emergency Services has established an Automated External Defibrillator Program. Through this ...

Oct. 21—PENDLETON — Chris Chambers looked around the weight room at Pendleton Heights High School and asked a class of about 40 student athletes if any of them had ever seen an automated external ...

A national effort to make defibrillator training as commonplace as CPR instruction is slowly gaining steam as the lifesaving devices show up in malls, theme parks, casinos, senior centers, golf ...

The entire country watched medical staff save a life on the football field earlier this month. Buffalo Bills personnel performed CPR and used a defibrillator to resuscitate player Damar Hamlin after ...

Girl Scout Troop 3803 is dedicated to the business of saving lives. The troop of five — Selma Hyytinen, Allison Foerster, Maggie Johnson, Natalie Saham and Amber Watt — developed a plan to bring CPR ...

FORT GILLEM, Ga. -- Fort McPherson and Fort Gillem Fire and Emergency Services personnel completed their first community cardiopulmonary resuscitation and automated external defibrillator training ...