Owensboro High School teachers Blake Roberts, left, and Jake Fiorella perform life-saving measures Thursday morning during a ...

Last year, a man had a cardiac arrest toward the end of the Crescent City Classic. Local health care workers saved his life.

The board agreed and voted unanimously on Wednesday to require electrocardiogram screening for all high school athletes.

Paramedics took over the rescue attempt. They used an automated external defibrillator, or AED, to try shocking his heart ...

Steve Stahl collapsed while skiing at Stowe from what is known as a "widowmaker," but survived that near-death experience thanks to a long list of caring Vermonters ...

Medical experts are advocating for comprehensive emergency action plans, improved pre-participation screenings, and CPR ...

A 33-year-old Auburn man died following a dirt bike crash on a trail in the Town of Onondaga on April 7. State Police in ...

If you have a cardiac arrest outside hospital the chances of survival are slim, and for patients who do not quickly respond to CPR, the odds are even lower. But a clinical trial by New South Wales ...

“Usually, people that come with cardiac arrest, we protect them with defibrillators. One lady couldn’t afford one, which cost about $10,000. We had a reprocessed device that we provided ...

The risk of dying from cardiac arrest during a long-distance event decreased by half during the past decade, a new study says. It’s not that fewer runners are suffering heart problems.