With temperatures creeping into the high 80s, kids have been heading to the pool, and the swim season is definitely heating up. When it comes to one of the ‘C’s’ in our ABC’s of water safety – classes ...

Researchers at a cardiology conference in Madrid detailed a new, more effective CPR method for astronauts to use for emergencies in weightless environments. File Photo by Joe Marino/UPI As humans ...

Microgravity makes even simple tasks such as eating, showering, and getting around more difficult. Not only that, but it also complicates emergency medical procedures. Cardiopulmonary resuscitation ...

THURSDAY, Aug. 28, 2025 (HealthDay News) — As humans begin to colonize space, it’s inevitable that some will suffer a cardiac arrest. Space CPR conducted in weightlessness will be crucial to save ...

Houston 911 dispatchers began teaching a simpler procedure today to panicked callers trying to revive adults in cardiac arrest. In a reversal of long-standing policy here and around the nation, ...

This can be done by a frame with a piston, a more compact piston device, or a portable strap-on compression band. The goal was to see which of these methods could compress the simulated chest to a ...

TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) – A video shows the incredible moment a lizard was revived after a near-drowning in Australia. The Gordon Fire Station in New South Wales, which posted the video on Facebook, said ...

CHICAGO (Reuters) - More people can survive a cardiac arrest when emergency medical workers use a new resuscitation method that starts with a round of 200 chest compressions before a defibrillator ...

As humans begin to colonize space, it's inevitable that some will suffer a cardiac arrest. Space CPR conducted in weightlessness will be crucial to save their lives -- and researchers say they've now ...

Planet Earth with a spectacular sunset "Elements of this image furnished by NASA" Researchers say they’ve found the best method for CPR in space Mechanical piston devices provide compressions powerful ...