MADISON (WKOW) - Community members got a chance to learn how to save children and infants in an emergency on Wednesday. The EMS Team at SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital-Madison held a demonstration on ...

The officer was getting a refresher on CPR right before he got the call to save a choking infant, Massachusetts police said. Getty Images/iStockphoto A Massachusetts officer had to put his knowledge ...

TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — A group of Tampa children learned the life-saving skill of CPR on Tuesday through an event with the American Heart Association. Everyone who attended heard from a pair of local ...

LEXINGTON, Ky. (LEX 18) — Expectant parents at Kentucky Children's Hospital will soon have access to a lifesaving resource: special infant CPR kits. It's all because of a gift from the Tempur Sealy ...

CPR for children consists of cycles of 30 chest compressions, at 100-120 compressions per minute, followed by two breaths. For adults, bystander CPR administered within 10 minutes after cardiac arrest ...

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Cardiac arrest happens when the heart stops pumping blood properly, cutting off oxygen to the brain and other vital organs. In these emergencies, cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) can help keep ...

Initiating CPR within the first five minutes after cardiac arrest can nearly double the chances of survival for children, according to preliminary research analyzing data for more than 10,000 children ...