LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- If someone near you has a heart attack or experiencing an overdose situation, the minutes between when you call 911 and when rescuers arrive can make the difference between life ...

WE'VE ALL SEEN the tension-filled movie scenes where somebody collapses and another person comes rushing in and starts performing CPR. What's not always shown, however, is one key step, like grabbing ...

June is CPR and AED Awareness Month. If you don’t know how to do CPR, now is a good time to learn. You never know when an emergency could happen. “There’s incredible data that delays in CPR will ...

The American Heart Association, or the AHA, as it is often referred to, trains hundreds, if not thousands, of new instructors each year. This is my 49th year as an AHA instructor and to say things ...

Do you know what to do if someone stops breathing? Only about 40% of people who go into cardiac arrest get bystander CPR if they’re not in a hospital. “That means 60% of people are not getting ...

Hands-Only CPR: How to Perform in an Emergency: By Anjali Srivastava In a crisis, knowing how to do CPR can mean the difference between life and death. Hands-only CPR is a simple yet powerful ...

PHILADELPHIA (CBS) -- Learning how to save a life is a new opportunity that's now in North Philadelphia. Learn how to perform CPR in minutes is a new technology aimed at helping the 350,000 people who ...

Here we are already into the February calendar. With the prognostications of the groundhog behind us, be that as it may, there are other celebrations that loom ahead. Of course Feb. 14 is Valentine’s ...

PHILADELPHIA (CBS) -- As part of CPR and AED Awareness Week, Penn Hospital wants you to have the tools needed to save a life. "You want to know the knowledge beforehand," Jeffrey Salvatore with the ...

First responders at Moonlight State Beach teach CPR to members of the public as part. Partners are halfway to the goal of teaching CPR to 1 million San Diegans. (Photo courtesy of County News Center ...