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Fast action from bystanders can improve cardiac arrest survival. Many don’t know what to do.

When a woman collapsed on an escalator at the Buffalo, New York, airport last June, Phil Clough knew what to do. He and another bystander put her flat on her back and checked her pulse (faint) and her ...
Medical Xpress

Experts call for AED placement on every commercial aircraft to boost in-flight cardiac arrest survival rates

In-flight cardiac arrest is extremely rare, yet catastrophic, and responsible for up to 86% of all deaths in the air. A new comprehensive literature review highlights systemic and policy shortcomings ...
Today

Girl who suffered 2 cardiac arrests before age 15 fights for CPR training and AEDs in schools

As Anniston Fairbanks walked out of school one day at the age of 9, she felt dizzy and lost consciousness. Luckily, the family member who was there to pick her up knew CPR and saved her. “We thought ...
BMJ

Leveraging attention and community relationships to deliver hands-only cardiopulmonary resuscitation and automated external defibrillator training in Western New York’s ...

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