Jon LaPook, M.D. is the award-winning chief medical correspondent for CBS News. Since joining CBS News in 2006, LaPook has delivered more than 1,200 reports on a wide variety of breaking news and ...

TAMPA, Fla. — Tamisha Derks is the owner of Concierge Healthcare Training. She teaches First Aid and CPR to organizations and businesses in the Tampa Bay area. Derks started the business several years ...

Somebody's wife or grandmother. Maybe yours. It wasn't like her earlier heart attack. Without warning or complaint, she slipped unconscious to the shopping mall floor. You check for a pulse. Nothing.

"The scary nature of cardiac arrest is that there really, really is no prior warning and you could be doing your day-to-day ...

Prompt action is of utmost importance during sudden cardiac arrests and knowing how to use a defibrillator can save lives. Dr ...

Automated external defibrillators, or AEDs, are easy to use, and they're effective for restoring a regular heart rhythm during sudden cardiac arrest. While they can be operated by people who don't ...

HORICON - Staff and aides at Van Brunt Elementary/Middle School and Horicon High School are being trained in the use of automatic external defibrillators. The Horicon School District has three of the ...

School districts in the south and southwest suburbs have different numbers of automated external defibrillators available, but officials have different opinions on whether the state should provide ...

Students at Leffingwell High School in Cambria practice CPR on a dummy during a training session hosted by Cambria Community Healthcare Services District. Courtesy of CCHD Besides providing 24/7 ...