CPR
True mental toughness means not burying emotions or avoiding difficult conversations
Use of capnography is charging ahead for more accurate prehospital diagnoses and care
A transatlantic tale of former army doctors, paramedic development, cardiac arrest survival, and Johnny and Roy
The do-it-yourself building project from a Vt. AEMT is an interactive hands-only CPR learning activity
I went on to become a paramedic to prevent other people from suffering the way my family did on one awful night
Like those medics I now know my true calling is to be a hero in someone else’s eyes, but a normal everyday person through my own eyes
Two medics saved a man who suffered a heart attack, preceded by a stroke less than two months before; “the odds of me living were slim to none”
EMS providers began CPR and transported him to a hospital; a second worker experienced numbness and tingling on the left side of his body
He performed rescue breaths then shocked the teen after he was hit in the chest with a baseball and stopped breathing during a Little League game
Up-to-date protocols and new equipment for St. Charles County’s new initiative for cardiac arrest response
Young responders did the procedure in the field for the first time in their careers after CPR, a defibrillator and the Heimlich maneuver failed to revive a man who was suffocating
He arrived early for his shift, and hurried to the nearby police station after hearing heard reports over the scanner of a medical emergency
After receiving a free EMS education, he’s paying it forward with a program to teach CPR and first-aid to low-income residents, veterans and active-duty military members
The medic was sitting on his couch when the vehicle crashed through his home, he performed CPR on the unresponsive driver but the man was pronounced dead at a local hospital
A doctor specializing in internal medicine performed chest compressions on a man who was carried down the mountain in a toboggan after suffering a severe heart attack at the top of the slope
Manchester Mayor Ted Gatsas suspected his friend had overdosed following the charge; he began chest compressions and called 911
The police department and rescue squad teamed up for the rare rescues; usually they respond to a cardiac arrest only once a month
Students responded to man down at school event and achieved ROSC for patient; Elco High School program has been training EMTs for more than three decades
She was able to revive an unresponsive 10-month-old boy with CPR before an ambulance arrived
Medic able to revive unresponsive 10-month-old boy with CPR before ambulance arrived
The adage of “you’re not dead until you’re warm and dead” applies to pediatric cold water drowning victims
The toddler was revived after an hour and 41 minutes of CPR and has suffered virtually no lingering effects
Around 50 responders created a CPR chain to keep the effort going after a neighbor pulled the boy, who has also recovered neurologically, out of a creek
A former correctional officer trained in CPR was in the right place at the right time when a cyclist collapsed to the ground and stopped breathing
First ambulance arrived in 13 minutes; at time of fire the system had more calls than ambulances available
CPR device shows improved survival in adults with non-traumatic cardiac arrest
Federally-sponsored research found an improvement in one-year survival rate for patients that had CPR performed with the device compared to a control group
The cliché “knowledge is power” is essential to EMS.
Focus on delivering the interventions that matter for better patient outcomes
He started performing CPR, stayed calm and called for help when is father collapsed with a heart attack
