The department is the only one in Contra Costa County not currently authorized to administer advanced emergency care like EKG ...

The dramatic advances in emergency medical care since the introduction, in the late 1950s, of modern approaches to ...

Under a new initiative, Richmond Fire Chief Aaron Osorio plans to align the department with the seven others in the county ...

Every year, around 30,000 out-of-hospital cardiac arrests occur, and survival chances decrease with each minute without CPR ...

The actions of bystanders, a dispatcher and first responders earlier this year in Buffalo Grove showed it truly takes a ...

Recent FDA updates in the areas of cardiac intervention, hypertension and arrhythmia disorders expand the pool of available ...

Topeka reports the cardiac arrest survival rate is nearly two times higher than the national average. As the nation observes ...

Doctors at the City International Hospital (CIH) have successfully saved the life of a 43-year-old man in HCM City who ...

James City County police are the first in Virginia to deliver AED's by drone to those who are having a heart attack.

Binge drinking and possibly, moderate alcohol intake, may trigger atrial fibrillation. Caffeine intake does not appear to be a trigger; although, some doctors still recommend that patients with atrial ...

Blood pressure checks carried out at a Staffordshire school during a training session found a teacher was having a silent ...