The sad fact is that about 70% of Americans do not know how to provide CPR. And since most cardiac arrest, heart attacks, happen at home seventy-percent of America relies upon medical help to arrive and take care of everything. But in just four short minutes without oxygen the human brain will begin to lose […]
Officer Jennifer Wilson responded first. When the 13-year police veteran found a 4-year old lying facedown in a pool of his own blood, her heart sank. “Anything with a child — I’m a mom first, and a wife — that kind of thing sticks with you,” she said. Wilson began CPR immediately, and after severals […]
She just kept thinking to herself, I will get you back. She promised the stranger whose chest she was performing CPR on that she would save him. A 19-year-old woman who had learned CPR about five years ago ran to the rescue when other students were fleeing. She found a 20-year-old man on the floor. […]
When Lizzy Stavers saw three people standing around a prostrate woman, she stopped to help. One of the standers-by said she thought the motionless woman in the street was dead. Lizzy felt for a pulse, and when she couldn’t find one she gave two breaths and started CPR until medics arrived and whisked the victim […]
Are you prepared to save your best friend’s life? We mean the four-legged, faithful buddy who relies on you. Most folks aren’t prepared when it comes to pet survival preparedness. For instance, did you know that 101 degrees fahrenheit is normal for Fido and Fefe? But if the red line hits 104 degrees, they need […]
We don’t often hear of police looking for heroes. But at a recent music festival in Virginia City, a man and woman worked together to save the life of a 65-year-man who suffered cardiac arrest. The man and woman were performing CPR on the victim when the police arrived and relieved the two. Police used […]
The CPR app PulsePoint is a lifesaver. When master technician Jeff Olson heard the alert on his smartphone, he rushed two blocks to the address and asked if there was a medical emergency. He found an infant who wasn’t breathing, and immediately got to work performing CPR. The store clerk, who had already called for […]
