BUFFALO, N.Y. – While sudden cardiac arrest in a child or adolescent is rare — about 20,000 cases occur each year in the U.S. — the survival rate when it happens outside of a hospital is estimated to ...

Such plans follow recent efforts in Poestenkill and Brunswick to enhance mutual aid connections.

The term “life support” refers to any combination of machines and medication that keeps a person’s body alive when their organs would otherwise stop working. Usually people use the words life support ...

With 30 compressions and two rescue breaths, 16-year-old Torri’ell Norwood saved her best friend’s life, just a day after completing a basic life support class at her high school. “I never would have ...

Over 770 individuals trained in Basic Life Support across Chennai to address rising cardiac emergencies and improve bystander ...

The Philippine Heart Association (PHA on Tuesday called for the establishment of basic life support (BLS) teams in communities to improve emergency response and save more lives. During the Usapang ...