WILMINGTON, N.C. (WECT) - More than 300,000 people suffer a cardiac arrest every year in this country, and 90% are fatal. “Sudden cardiac arrest is a major killer in the United States,” said James ...

The first week of June – National CPR & AED Awareness Week, June 1-7— gives Puget Sound residents the chance to learn about saving lives in the event of sudden cardiac arrest. Free Hands-Only™ CPR ...

Every year, 350,000 people die from cardiac arrest in the United States. However, hands-on emergency intervention like cardiopulmonary resuscitation – or CPR – from a bystander can make the difference ...

DALLAS (AP) — “Push hard, push fast” next time you give CPR to someone having cardiac arrest, say new, simpler guidelines in a radical departure from past advice. Putting the emphasis on chest ...

Here's how to perform hands-only CPR to help save a life Hands-only CPR can buy time until someone with more skills can help, while alleviating the concern people may have over providing rescue ...