This is the way it is supposed to work!

The three Whiteland students gathered around their classmate as his body convulsed. The boy had gone into a seizure, his eyes rolling back in his head and his limbs jerking in spasms. Suddenly he stopped breathing and went limp. Katie Foster, Brittni Dodd and Mercedes Hart had practiced CPR for… Read More

Come on, teammates, this is not complex.

66% of out-of-hospital cardiac arrests occur in the home. Many cardiac arrest are accompanied by intermittent. gasping respirations. That sounds like intermittent, loud snoring. Fewer than a third of all cardiac arrests benefit from Bystander CPR. If the person you life with does not know how to… Read More

New lease on life after heart attack [and cardiac arrest]

Published Wednesday November 9, 2011 By Rick Ruggles WORLD-HERALD STAFF WRITER « Live Well - Health & MedicineShare Reina Walls doesn't say she almost died that wintry morning on Jan. 31. She says she did die. Her colleagues brought her back through quick action, CPR and a device that shocked… Read More

Team effort saves Baltimore half-marathon runner in cardiac arrest

By Meredith Cohn, The Baltimore Sun 7:22 p.m. EST, November 8, 2011 Like many veteran marathoners, Bob Pohl always had an eye on the clock. "I used to tell my wife that if I drop in a race to stop my watch because I don't want to go to the hereafter with a bad time," he said. "The joke was funnier… Read More

Point Pleasant surfer saves Bay Head man using CP

Written by Keith Ruscitti | Staff Writer POINT PLEASANT — It was 28 years ago when Jeff Beverly took a cardiopulmonary resuscitation class. Beverly signed up for the session months after witnessing his wife, Robin, suffer through a serious asthma attack, a situation which caught him off-guard and… Read More

Marathon runner returns to race he had cardiac arrest at

JONESBORO, AR (KAIT) - It was just two years ago that Bill Zahler nearly died after completing the Mid-South Championship Marathon in Wynne. "I took a few steps over the finish line and had a cardiac arrest," said Zahler. Zahler was without a pulse for nearly 40 minutes. Doctor's used a fairly new… Read More

It works, folks. Not all the time, but we can do much better.

Tito Gonzalez honored for Paul Waller's life with CPR When Paul Waller told his friend Tito Gonzalez that he didn't feel too well and was going to skip a workout at the YMCA last spring, those could have been his last words. Not too long after the chat, he was stricken by a heart attack. Gonzalez,… Read More

North Hunterdon cheerleaders donate to Janet Fund to target cardiac arrest

Blogger's Note: The important part is to be found in the fourth paragraph. To save you time, here's the punch line: Because the North Hunterdon High School staff is trained in CPR and the use of Automated External Defibrillators, they were able to help one their own students, Heather Skillman, who… Read More

CPR saves Millsboro girl

By Keith Loria Correspondent Posted Nov 03, 2011 @ 04:03 PM Millsboro - This past April, 9-year-old Sierra Hall of Millsboro collapsed on the lacrosse field and was saved thanks to the quick thinking of a bystander who delivered CPR. The girl's mother, Melanie Hall, cried for help after Sierra was… Read More

Bystander CPR, AED Help Save Man At Mass. YMCA

ALEX BLOOM THE EAGLE-TRIBUNE, NORTH ANDOVER, MASS. Dan Grecoe celebrated his 43rd birthday last week, and he credits three alert bystanders and a defibrillator with helping him reach the date. Oct. 25--ANDOVER -- Dan Grecoe celebrated his 43rd birthday last week, and he credits three alert… Read More