American Heart Association
By AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION NEWS
Longtime buddies Tom Devlin and Phil Oaks had run half-marathons together, so a relatively short 3-mile jaunt on a scenic, wooded trail along the Columbia River should’ve been a piece of cake.
Surprisingly, though, Devlin started feeling uncomfortable less than a mile into their run on the Heritage […]
By AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION NEWS
NEW ORLEANS — A new training model improved CPR skills in a clinical setting, according to research presented during the Resuscitation Science Symposium at the American Heart Association’s Scientific Sessions 2016.
Currently, hospital staff are only required to undergo formal CPR training every two years. This […]
The American Heart Association is pilot testing a program to help healthcare providers maintain their CPR skills and save more lives. The training uses mobile simulation stations featuring manikins that act as both patient and coach.
Fewer than one in five patients who experience cardiac arrest — the abrupt loss of heart function — survive. […]
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