February is heart month, and Pennsylvania passed a new law that requires that all students learn CPR before they graduate from high school. They’ve already been doing this at Cornell High School in Coraopolis. That’s because five years ago, a student there collapsed in gym class. His heart just stopped. Thankfully, two staff members knew […]
A first-in-Iowa high-tech kiosk is opening at a shopping mall in central Iowa today with the goal of teaching people a few simple steps that could help to restart a heart. Doug Fiore, president of Mercy College of Health Sciences, says the kiosk is emblazoned with the words, “Learn to save a life,” and it […]
Amanda Burgos is getting a second chance at life thanks to a Northwest Fire crew. On Dec. 17, Amanda was in the waiting room at an urgent care clinic when she went into cardiac arrest. An employee there started CPR on the 62-year-old woman before Northwest Fire arrived. Burgos says she remembers her name being […]
