A 9-year-old Rhode Island boy died Sunday after experiencing a medical emergency at a Massachusetts beach, according to the ...

A child was taken to a local hospital following a reported water emergency at Jones Park & Beach in Dartmouth, Massachusetts, ...

Leading heart health organizations are urging schools and parents to teach young children life-saving skills such as how to call 911 and how to administer CPR.

A child was rushed to the hospital Sunday evening after suffering a medical emergency while in the water at Dartmouth’s Jones ...

Every year, more than 350,000 people go into cardiac arrest outside of a hospital setting in the United States. CPR, or cardiopulmonary resuscitation, can help double or triple survival rates. In ...

When it comes to out-of-hospital cardiac arrests such as this one, among the most serious calls the 911 emergency system handles, Rhode Island seems set up to fail, experts in emergency medical ...

In 2015, more than 350,000 people experienced an out-of-hospital cardiac arrest — with about a 10% survival rate to hospital discharge, according to the American Heart Association.

CPR is used when the heart unexpectedly stops beating. According to the American Heart Association (AHA), more than 400,000 Americans die every year from cardiac arrests, with more than 350,000 ...

The Emergency 911 System Where Callers Still Don’t Always Get Proper CPR Instructions It’s taken two years and $1.2 million to get Rhode Island’s 911 system ready to provide CPR and other ...

Last spring, UAB Hospital emergency nurse Tamicka Jones was at the Atlanta airport when she saw a group of people attempting to assist in man in obvious distress “The man’s face was gray, and he had ...

CPR, emergency medical readiness a top priority at Super Bowl 57. ... but that doesn’t happen for every cardiac arrest that happens outside of the hospital,” she said.