DALLAS (Reuters) - More CPR, less shock: that is the new directive issued by the American Heart Association on Monday for emergency workers helping victims of cardiac arrest. Sign up here. Tests show ...

March 18, 2003 — Performing CPR before defibrillation for out-of-hospital ventricular fibrillation has no advantage if the delay to shock is less than five minutes, according to the results of a ...

This Saturday, June 3, is the Compress and Shock Foundations’ annual free CPR and AED Educational Day. The organization is specifically focusing on communities that are underserved and don’t have ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. As a part of national CPR awareness week, several local healthcare systems partnered with the Roanoke-based Compress and Shock ...

ROANOKE, Va. (WDBJ) - The Centers for Disease Control estimates there are more than 1,000 people who go into cardiac arrest each day around the United States. 90% of those incidents result in death.

RICHMOND, Va. -- Cardiac arrest can be a terrifying thing to experience. Today, Dr. Jack Perkins, Executive Director of Compress and Shock Foundation joined us to share more about how to navigate the ...

BRISTOL, Va. – If one could choose where to suffer a cardiac arrest, the prime location would be inside a building with a portable Automatic External Defibrillator (AED) while standing next to someone ...

ROANOKE, Va. (WDBJ) - LewisGale Regional Health System is the title sponsor for the inaugural Compress and Shock Run With Heart 5K. The walk will remember cardiac arrest survivors and victims.

ROANOKE, Va. (WFXR) – This week is the American Heart Association’s CPR and AED awareness week, and the Compress and Shock Foundation is aiming to teach the public about lifesaving measures with its ...