When a young college student collapsed during class, nobody was prepared to perform CPR. The minutes ticked by, well into brain-damage territory, and still nobody stepped up. When security arrived, more precious time was lost because they left their equipment in the car. This is not a cautionary tale. It’s Cory Wilson’s story. Just last […]

If you have ever had to administer chest compression to an adult for any length of time, you know it can become tiring. Maintaing consistent, quality pumps isn’t as easy as it looks. Victims of cardiac arrest have much greater odds of survival without brain damage if blood can continue to pump through their body […]

Each day more than one-thousand people receive CPR from bystanders, and less than ten-percent survive. But two brothers set out to change those numbers. John and Christopher Di Capua wanted to improve the number of lives saved with CPR. So, they did what any inventive and forward-thinking high student would do—they built a machine that […]