The rates in which nursing home staff perform CPR or use an automated external defibrillator on out-of-hospital cardiac arrest residents “were not ideal,” according to a new study. Researchers say ...

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 ...

Basic Life Support (BLS) is a set of simple, life-saving steps used to help someone whose heart has stopped beating. It includes skills like CPR (cardiopulmonary resuscitation) and the use of an AED ...

Research suggests only 39.6% of the global population knows how to perform primary care on patients. It is important to increase these numbers to reduce the number of casualties due to preventable ...

While sudden cardiac arrest in a child or adolescent is rare — about 20,000 cases occur each year in the U.S. — the outcomes when it happens outside of a hospital are estimated to be under 20%.

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — West Michigan's largest fire department can provide some basic life support care at the scenes of emergency following a multi-year effort for a new medical license. The Grand ...

Getting a basic life support ambulance out of the fire house door with a qualified driver and emergency medical technician when people call 911. This is the whole purpose of House Bill 996, according ...

A unit of Baltimore City’s Fire Department, IAFF Local 734, is speaking out against the department’s recent move to downgrade four Advanced Life Support Units to Basic Life Support Units starting in ...

NASHVILLE--(BUSINESS WIRE)--HealthStream (Nasdaq: HSTM), a leading healthcare technology platform for workforce solutions, and the American Red Cross announce a significant expansion of the Red Cross ...

West Central Joint Dispatch Center will host a certification class for Basic Life Support this month.