CPR
Lexipol Editorial Director Greg Friese guest hosts this episode with cohost Kelly Grayson as they discuss diversity in EMS education
This year’s strangest tales involved a medic who won a lottery, providers treating family members, a heroic dispatcher, unfriendly animals and unique car crashes
The West Allis Fire Department is educating its community and improving OHCA survival rates
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
Our co-hosts discuss the challenges of educating and training citizens in light of the Las Vegas shooting
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
Aaron Britt was working late one night when he suffered a heart attack; firefighters and paramedics performed chest compressions to save him
The device goes under a person’s back, while another part wraps over a person’s chest and holds a device which applies the compressions
Dr. Patricia DeLaMora, a pediatric infectious disease physician, stopped when she saw an unconscious man on the road
Stephen Harris was touring the gym with his son when a man on an exercise machine collapsed
Firefighter-paramedics gave Steve Sawatzky CPR for nearly an hour while waiting for an ambulance at a company outing
The boy’s father started CPR; he began breathing, but later died at a hospital
Thanks to Tony Spadaro’s quick thinking, EMTs were able to administer a defibrillator shock and bring back his wife’s heartbeat
The partnership aims to reinforce the use of a smartphone app to connect nearby CPR-trained citizens and off-duty responders with people in cardiac arrest
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