CPR
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The Madison County EMS department offers classes to teach CPR and community members can call them to schedule a class
Seventeen people who came within inches of losing their lives were reunited Tuesday with the FDNY paramedics and EMTs who saved them.
When a night of fun turned serious, three friends jumped into action to save a life
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Efforts to screen for hypertension have already been started on campus, and efforts to increase public awareness have also started, as well as training on AED use and CPR
Rockdale County Lt. Scott Stewart was the first person to arrive at a home where two toddlers were unconscious after nearly drowning in a backyard pool
Cross Scott, who had never taken a CPR class, began administering the life saving method on a stranger based on what he learned from the television show ‘The Office’
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Zachary Warner, 16, could hear his father, Kevin, breathing strangely and followed the 911 dispatcher’s directions to perform CPR for 10 minutes until paramedics arrived
Battalion Chief David Porter was enjoying the sun and sand in St. Petersburg, Florida when he jumped into action
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Mansfield was recognized for its ongoing commitment to using CPR and defibrillators to save lives
Sunstar Paramedics Safety and Risk Coordinator Joshua Hoover was awarded the Commissioner Moroni Award of Excellence in EMS for his quick actions
Patrick Clemons died of a heart attack after a Detroit paramedic and EMT allegedly failed to provide timely and adequate life-saving operations
A woman starting her first day as a saleswoman for a pool and spa store made a great first impression by performing CPR on her co-worker
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Lori Gentry performed CPR on her husband James after he collapsed from a reaction to his new medication
The teachers learned how to perform CPR, use the AED, execute the Heimlich maneuver, administer an EpiPen, and perform basic first aid
Cross Scott remembered an episode of “The Office” where Michael Scott sings “Staying Alive” while doing chest compressions on a dummy
Dispatcher Ryan Bancroft instructed the father how to carefully unwrap the umbilical cord, which was around the baby’s neck, and told him how to administer CPR
Officers Austin Battcher, Ben Norris and Jesse Bratcher gave 6-week-old Avery CPR after her parents called 911
Johnny McCabe was treated by the fire chief and his fellow firefighters after he collapsed
Tom Ridge, the first secretary of the Dept. of Homeland Security and a sudden cardiac arrest survivor, advocates for EMS at NAEMSP 2019 Annual Meeting
Paramedic Del Black and EMT Gregg Shearer were training museum employees in CPR when Don Mahoney collapsed while volunteering at the same place
The new curriculum, which will be rolled out in 2020, requires all children to learn how to administer CPR, why defibrillators are used and other skills
The close call occurred on Christmas Day when a mother said her child walked into the family pool after slipping out of the back door
A man who experienced cardiac arrest at his home is alive today thanks to his wife, who started CPR as she waited for first responders to arrive
Officer Nikki Hotz wasn’t supposed to be working the day she responded to a call about an unresponsive man
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