BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (AP) – No criminal charges will be filed after a care worker’s attention-grabbing refusal to perform CPR on a resident of a Central California independent-living facility, police ...
AKRON, Ohio — After a man collapsed at the Akron Marathon late Saturday morning, a good Samaritan, Akron firefighters and members of the Summa Health Medical Team stepped in to help save his life. It ...
DALLAS (AP) — “Push hard, push fast” next time you give CPR to someone having cardiac arrest, say new, simpler guidelines in a radical departure from past advice. Putting the emphasis on chest ...
TOPEKA, Kan. — If you call 911 in Kansas and need help administering CPR there’s roughly a 50-50 chance you’ll get any instructions. That’s because dispatchers in roughly half of Kansas counties are ...
BAKERSFIELD, Calif. -- A nurse's refusal to give CPR to a dying 87-year-old woman at a California independent living home despite desperate pleas from a 911 dispatcher has prompted outrage and spawned ...
FARGO - First responders halted the Holiday Lights Parade on Tuesday night in order to perform CPR and use a defibrillator on a woman involved in one of the exhibits, according to a WDAY News report.
Emergency response dispatchers in Rhode Island seldom instruct callers on how to perform CPR, which could save hundreds more cardiac arrest victims annually, according to ProPublica. Rhode Island’s ...