Saving American Hearts, Inc Blog

Inspiring accounts of police officers using CPR to save livesEvery day, America’s police officers perform a number of duties to keep us safe. They’re the mediators of public disturbances, the enforcer …

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Shortening time between CPR and shocks improves cardiac-arrest survivalJune 29, 2011 – Reducing the intervals between giving cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and an electronic defibrillator shock a …

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Feel Good Story: Man Saves Stranger’s Life with CPRWe all hear about “right-place-right-time” in stories of everyday people saving a stranger’s life, but no one ever thinks it would actually happen to …

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Coronavirus fears shouldn’t stop you from using CPR if someone needs helpYou’re walking down the street — wearing a mask and six feet from everyone else — when the person in front of you suddenly topp …

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Cardiac arrest survivor on a mission turns to music to raise awareness about CPR and AEDsBy Marissa AlanisEach weekday at lunchtime, Maurice Trosclair ran four miles along the Lake Pontchartrain levee …

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“I’m a Survivor Too:” A paramedic’s story of being on the other sideIt was October of 2007 when Christopher Goenner collapsed in front of his colleagues. Chris was only 32 and in seeming perfect healt …

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