Saving American Hearts, Inc Blog

What TV Dramas Get Wrong About CPR—and the Real-World Cost TV varies dramatically in informing viewers about medical emergencies, but it also teaches audiences how not to perform cardiopulmonary …

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Lightning strike at Webster Park: Surgical technologist saves teen with CPR Kylie Smith never imagined a summer photo shoot would end with a fight for her life. “When I found out I got struck b …

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Bedford County Schools earn Heart Safe School recognition, first awarded in VA Bedford County Public Schools (BCPS) has become the first school division in the Commonwealth to be designated as a Heart …

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Teammates use CPR training to save high school football player's life A suburban high school football player was out for a training run with teammates this summer when he went into cardiac arrest, but …

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As fewer Americans die from heart attacks, more succumb to chronic heart disease Since 1970, deaths from heart attacks have dropped nearly 90%, thanks to life-saving interventions and public health me …

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Idaho Heart Foundation donates AEDs to regional emergency services The Idaho Heart Foundation hosted an event on Wednesday, July 9, to donate AEDs to several first responder organizations in the regio …

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