Recently, I wrote about the dark side of CPR. Despite a common misperception that CPR can rescue almost anyone from the brink of death, most people that receive it don't survive. Of those that do, ...
Cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of death in the United States. It accounted for more than 928,740 deaths in 2020. Fort Knox resuscitation training specialist Nicholas Laughlin explains ...
The new defibrillator, made by Boston Scientific, doesn't require the leads. Instead, it sits just under the skin on the left side of a patient's rib cage near the armpit, and the lead is threaded ...
The Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) has announced that learner drivers will start to see an update to the driving theory test from next year. Within the theory test, they will be quizzed on ...
79-year-old Al Pollock suffered a heart attack during a tennis match in Boynton Beach, Florida. Tennis pro Brett Maynard, who had recently taken a CPR and AED refresher course, saved Pollock's life by ...
A family has installed 50 defibrillators in rural communities, in memory of a father who died from a cardiac arrest. Billy ...