A campaigner says she is calling for female manikins to be mandatory in CPR and defibrillator training because she does not ...

New figures show women are less likely than men to receive bystander CPR as many "feel unsure about touching a woman's chest" ...

Doctors are crediting an Aurora woman with helping save her husband’s life after he suffered a medical emergency at their home. David Baker, a professor at DePaul University, suffered that emergency ...

Thames Valley Air Ambulance has revealed that one in three female cardiac arrest patients do not receive CPR from bystanders until emergency crews arrive.

Every second counts in a cardiac arrest; yet gender disparity still shapes who receives lifesaving bystander CPR. This ...

When someone experiences a heart attack, the emergency protocol is universal for all genders — first responders are supposed ...

Lauren’s Law, passed in Illinois in 2008, mandated CPR training in all of the state’s high schools but also became an example of how financial considerations can thwart good intentions. The law does ...

In an emergency, being able to perform CPR could save a life or at least extend a life long enough for medical personnel to ...

“Save My Life, Not My Modesty” - that’s the message from female campaigners as they aim to tackle troubling gender disparities in heart health outcomes and emergency response.

Brandon Whitfield suddenly “started to slump over” after a rare, undiagnosed heart condition caused him to go into cardiac ...

The experience was traumatizing for the woman, whose story has now gone viral.

When Dean Geary was just starting as an athletic trainer in the 1980s, he also volunteered on the Jessamine County rescue ...