CPR
Video: Watch all of the elements of the chain of survival come together
Working with law enforcement to identify protocols and preferences can help them help you
Video: Watch as a police officer manages the first critical minutes of a stabbing
EMS agencies across the nation submitted educational music videos that featured a song that can help bystanders maintain the ideal rate for chest compressions
Officials also applied for the Kentucky Office of Homeland Security grant to allow the agency to equip all ambulances with the machines
Cypress Creek EMS paramedics were reunited with Betsey Raierie seven years after she went into cardiac arrest
LSU Boyd James Oxley suffered no heart or brain damage due to the cardiac arrest, which doctors attributed to the quick response
The 37 donated animal rescue kits included three sizes of pet oxygen masks, restraints, a blanket, instructions for wound care, pet CPR and rescue breathing
Educate partners and update CPR protocols while considering how to deploy a mechanical CPR device in the field
St. Joseph County is the second area in the state to use the app, made possible through a partnership between Ind. cities, townships and the 911 dispatch center
A Delta passenger took to social media to ask the airline to start carrying the overdose drug to prevent this situation from happening again
Collin Rasmusson saw a chipmunk trying to stay afloat while he was cleaning his pool and administered CPR
The grants will help form a national collaboration of scientists to focus on improving patient outcomes in heart disease and stroke cases
Volunteer fire department president signed grant application for chest compression device that later saved his life
Citizens are the force multipliers of public safety, and have the potential to save lives before EMS arrives
Rasheen Hill is a mental health therapy coordinator who is required to take annual CPR classes for his job
Richard VanTroost, 66, wanted to personally thank and shake hands with the first responders who saved his life when he suffered a heart attack
Kianti Champion, 19, who recently received her EMT certification, started chest compressions on the child until help arrived
Shabiah Gordon was in cardiac arrest and first responders began chest compressions for the next 45 minutes until they maintained a pulse
Kris Kaull relates his most memorable call, and how practice, and a mindset to control what you can allows EMS providers to provide help and calm during the chaos
Many of the problems trace back to the lack of clear state rules for determining who is selected to provide emergency transport services and how they are vetted
The movement to educate the larger community about Stop the Bleed is very similar to efforts to teach CPR
The research will dive into the effectiveness of two drugs that can improve patients cognitive and survival rates after experiencing cardiac arrest
The tool can detect agonal breathing 97% of the time and researchers hope to make it into an app
Act 7 requires PDE to provide a curriculum to schools to teach hands-only CPR, a no-breath, compression-only technique recommended by the American Heart Association for sudden cardiac arrests
The winner of the challenge gets two free NAEMSP Annual Meeting registration passes
The American Heart Association challenged high schools and colleges across Massachusetts to participate in this event to teach as many people in their community CPR
The registry is being created in coordination with the Berks County Department of Emergency Services
The toolkit includes resources such as videos and training materials to assist EMS and 911 agencies
The team has branched out to local EMS agencies to work with families of patients at high risk for sudden cardiac arrest who get a “prescription” for CPR instruction
Research suggests an association between sodium bicarbonate and decreased survival-to-hospital discharge and worsened neurological status
The fire department has two of the devices and has seen an 11 percent increase in the patients restored to spontaneous circulation since they’ve had this tool
In recognition of National EMS Week and National Stop the Bleed Day, staff from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration and the American College of Emergency Physicians provide critical bystander training to federal workers
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