Saving American Hearts, Inc Blog

Can you give yourself CPR if you’re having a heart attack? What doctors sayThe internet mentions something called a 'cough CPR', which a patient can do themselves. The American Heart Association (AHA) …

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Heart disease deaths, down for decades, tick up in Nebraska, U.S.After Robert Burgess got out of the Nebraska Medical Center in late April after a near-fatal heart attack, he changed his lifestyle.The …

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To someone in cardiac arrest, CPR can mean the difference between death and stayin' alive.A few months ago, a friend of mine collapsed as he was about to enter a grocery store near his home in England …

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Southwest Christian student wins American Heart Association scholarshipSouthwest Christian High School senior Olivia Wilson is one of five students across the country who has been awarded a $1,000 col …

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Study: Head-up CPR increases odds of patient surviving neurologically intactThe head and shoulder elevation technique works especially well the if treatment begins less than 18 minutes after the 911 c …

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Channel 11′s Susan Koeppen reunites with man she saved through CPR during cardiac arrestBack in July, Channel 11 news anchor Susan Koeppen was waiting to turn left at busy Penn Avenue and South Dallas …

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