CPR
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Students would be required to learn to use cardiopulmonary resuscitation, or CPR, and an AED at least once before graduation
Paramedics said responders’ actions kept Chief Al Buck’s blood flowing until he could receive hospital treatment
Officer William Eng raced up three flights of stairs to perform CPR on the unresponsive 29-day-old baby
Mike and Jean McGuire sought out the man who disappeared after performing CPR on Mike when he collapsed
Officer Jared Yaris was working at a construction site when passerby Edward Rocha alerted him to the crash
The dispatcher gave the boy CPR instructions that he translated to his mother who was trying to save his baby sister
Only 39 percent of women suffering cardiac arrest in a public place were given CPR versus 45 percent of men
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Updated CPR guidelines issued by the American Heart Association say that dispatchers should be able to give compression-only CPR instructions over the phone
Peter Valenti III’s family said none of the officers got close enough to see if he was dead and an EMT was not allowed to examine him for 26 minutes
Researchers found that cardiac arrest survival rates remain low in the U.K. due to the lack of knowledge and skills to perform CPR
Assistant Fire Chief Greg Bailey was revived with “high performance CPR” after suffering a heart attack during the Charleston 9/11 walk
As the man was pretending he was going to eat the fish, it wriggled free and jumped down his throat, leading to a blocked airway and cardiac arrest
Jimmy Weeks was working at Southern Glazer’s Wine and Spirits when he collapsed while operating a forklift
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Firefighter Steve Keyes said “I’ll be fine” when he was picked up by doctor and former firefighter Mike Brown
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A woman flagged down Codi Parks, also a nursing student, because her husband wasn’t breathing
Trooper M.D. Brooks was on a traffic stop when a man in a Wendy’s drive-through lost his pulse
Richard Ishmon said he waited for over 10 minutes and had to call twice while he was giving his mother CPR
Michael Dimond had just finished a game when his friend collapsed on the ice
Thirty-nine children in the U.S. have died of vehicular heatstroke this year, according to the advocacy group KidsAndCars.org
The woman was trying to get her son out of a van when she hit her head on the door and became unconscious
Jacob O’Connor, 10, rescued his 2-year-old brother from their swimming pool after spotting him face down in the water
When the golfer dropped, players immediately called 911, started performing CPR and contacted the course clubhouse
The twins’ father, a first responder, said they were limp and “blue as a pair of blue jeans” when he began CPR
Nurse June Stratmeyer performed CPR for nearly ten minutes on the boy after an AED failed to operate
Officer Oshikawa-Clay was playing in a recreational soccer match when an opposing team member suffered cardiac arrest
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