People are less likely to perform CPR on a woman. The American Heart Association is trying to change that. If you suffer cardiac arrest, CPR can double your chance of survival. Yet women who ...
Women are less likely than men to get CPR from a bystander and more likely to die, a new study suggests, and researchers think reluctance to touch a woman's chest might be one reason. Only 39 percent ...
HURRIED AWAY. AS WE APPROACH THANKSGIVING TONIGHT, A STORY ABOUT A SELFLESS ACT FOLLOWED BY AN EXCHANGE OF GRATITUDE, A FOX POINT MAN CREDITS A GOOD SAMARITAN WITH SAVING HIM DURING A LIFE THREATENING ...
CLIMAX, Mich. — In December 2008, Amy Swager was in some of the best shape of her life. She ran 5Ks, had seven children and was generally healthy for a 41-year-old. She also had a sudden cardiac ...
Ninety-five percent of CPR training manikins on the global market are flat-chested, possibly contributing to disproportionate survival outcomes for women after cardiac arrest, according to a study ...
The topic of women’s heart health was a natural fit for the program given its close ties to the Sabres family. Sabres owner Kim Pegula suffered a cardiac arrest on her 53rd birthday in 2022; her ...
VIDOR, Texas — A nurse stopped to perform CPR on a 75-year-old after a single-car crash left the woman critically injured Friday morning. The woman’s van hit an interior wall, and several people ...
An East Texas woman used CPR training from Lindale High School to help save a man who collapsed after an asthma attack in a ...