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Make the Most of Your Layover by Learning Hands-Only CPR
Anthem Foundation and American Heart Association help holiday travelers learn a 5-minute lifesaving technique INDIANAPOLIS, IN--With 58 million people expected to fly this holiday season, increased activity at airports and the perhaps the unanticipated layover can likely be expected. Travelers who find themselves with time on their hands… Read More
Heart Disease and Stroke Deaths Decline Slightly, New Statistics Find
Deaths from heart disease and stroke have declined slightly, yet both diseases remain among the leading causes of death in the United States, new federal statistics show. A report released Thursday from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows heart disease remains the leading cause of death in the U.S., and stroke still ranks fifth.… Read More
Parent Heart Watch Wins National Video Contest Aimed at Raising Awareness About Sudden Cardiac Arrest, the Third Leading Cause of Death in the U.S.
Parent Heart Watch has won a national video contest, co-sponsored by the Citizen CPR Foundation and the Sudden Cardiac Arrest Foundation, aimed at raising awareness about sudden cardiac arrest, the third leading cause of death in the U.S. Results were announced at the Emergency Cardiovascular Care Update on December 8th in New Orleans, LA.… Read More
Illinois High School Student Brendan Gould Wins Sudden Cardiac Arrest Foundation's People Saving People Award
PITTSBURGH, PA--Illinois high school student Brendan Gould has been named winner of the Sudden Cardiac Arrest Foundation’s People Saving People Award for saving his father’s life with CPR. The People Saving People Award honors “ordinary” people with extraordinary spirits who help save the lives of SCA victims. The purpose of the award is to… Read More
SCA Awareness and Messaging Study: Creating a Culture of Action
PITTSBURGH, PA--More than 300,000 people die from sudden cardiac arrest (SCA) each year in the U.S., but the life-threatening condition is not on consumers’ radar, according to research conducted by global strategic marketing and research firm, StrataVerve, on behalf of the Sudden Cardiac Arrest Foundation. Their baseline study was presented at… Read More
CPR Saves Lives March Focuses Attention on Improving Sudden Cardiac Arrest Survival Rates
NEW ORLEANS, LA--Hundreds of marchers, including dozens of cardiac arrest survivors, took to the streets of New Orleans for the Citizen CPR Foundation’s (CCPRF) CPR Saves Lives March on Thursday, December 7, 2017. The New Orleans-style Second-Line March began at the Hyatt Regency New Orleans and concluded at City Hall where participants were… Read More
Abnormal ECG Findings Are Common in NBA Players
New research finds that about 1 in 5 professional basketball players had abnormalities on their electrocardiograms (ECGs), some but not all of which were explained by changes in the shape and size of their hearts as a result of athletic training. Because of rare but high-profile instances of cardiac death among professional athletes, there is… Read More
Red Cross Using New Tech-Enhanced CPR Training Device to Save Lives
WASHINGTON, DC--Pump the Chest. See the lights. Save a life. That is the premise for the latest American Red Cross training device, a CPR manikin called BigRed™. The BigRed manikin is equipped with three interrelated sets of lights that provide immediate feedback on how an individual is performing CPR. Meet BigRed here. "Good CPR is a skill that… Read More
ILCOR Releases First Annual Consensus on Science and Treatment Recommendations
The International Liaison Committee on Resuscitation (ILCOR) has initiated a near-continuous review of cardiopulmonary resuscitation science that replaces the previous five-year cyclic batch-and-queue approach process. The first of an annual series of International Consensus on Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation and Emergency Cardiovascular Care… Read More