Every year, more than 350,000 cardiac arrests occur outside of a hospital in the United States[1]. Survival often depends on how quickly people nearby recognize the emergency, call 911, begin CPR and ...

An American Heart Association Instructor demonstrates CPR and using an AED on a manikin. The Instructor goes through the steps of making sure the scene is safe, tapping the victim and asking for a ...

A Central High School senior is working to put lifesaving skills into more hands by organizing free CPR certification training for fellow students and members of ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. PEORIA, Ill. (WMBD) — The American Heart Association is sharing the importance of parents knowing how to perform CPR. In a graphic ...

The NFL will raise funds around Super Bowl LVII to support longer-term American Heart Association and American Red Cross initiatives.

The annual event includes a 5K, one-mile route and hands-only CPR training as participants raise money for heart health.

A new survey conducted by the American Heart Association, which is marking one hundred years of service saving lives, suggests that increased visibility of the need for CPR has had a positive impact ...

Five students and five schools have been awarded special incentive prizes as part of a collaboration between the American Heart Association, devoted to changing the future to a world of healthier ...

Welcome to “Ask the Expert,” a UTHealth Houston news series where our leading experts examine pressing health challenges. In this edition, we address why learning bystander CPR can help save lives and ...

From providing potentially life-saving care during a cardiac arrest to helping a person who's choking or overdosing on opioids, the American Heart Association's CPR guidelines are meant to help ...

More Americans than ever now say they are willing to perform cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) in the event of an emergency, according to newly released survey data from the American Heart ...