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CPR Classes | When John Harrity turned 40, he made a bucket list of 50 things he wanted to do by the time he turned 50.

First Aid classes | ANAHEIM, California — One in four U.S. Latinos have never heard of a portable device available in many public places that can help save someone whose heart has stopped, new research shows.

Jake Suter (left) proposed to girlfriend Keidryn Nimsgern seven months after a 911 dispatcher walked him through giving her CPR.

When the heart suddenly stops beating, each passing moment can mean life or death.

Thirty-two states have passed laws or adopted curriculum changes to require hands-only guidelines-based CPR training for all students before they graduate from high school.

High-quality CPR is the primary component in influencing survival from cardiac arrest. To save more lives, healthcare providers must be competent in delivering high-quality CPR, and patient care teams must be coordinated and competent working together effectively. High-quality CPR performance metrics include: Chest compression fraction >80% Compression rate of 100-120/min Compression depth of at least 50 mm (2 inches) in adults and at least 1/3 the AP dimension of the chest in infants and childr

Guest Blogger: Marc Watterson The American Heart Association has been at the forefront of saving lives for over sixty years.

Sometimes you just need a lifesaver. Quickly. The American Heart Association is creating a generation of lifesavers,

DALLAS, April 1, 2019 — A Swedish review of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest data shows rates of bystander CPR nearly doubled;