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LYNNWOOD — In September 2013, Matthew Truax collapsed at the Meadowdale High School track. He went into cardiac arrest and died immediately, five days before his 17th birthday. On the 10th anniversary ...

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 ...

ROANOKE, Va. (WFXR) – This weekend, the Compress and Shock Foundation, a local non-profit aiming to increase access to CPR and AED training, will host its first annual “Run with Heart” 5K. It’s all in ...

When a woman collapsed on an escalator at the Buffalo, New York, airport last June, Phil Clough knew what to do. He and another bystander put her flat on her back and checked her pulse (faint) and her ...

The Compress and Shock Foundation hosted its first “Run with Heart 5K” on Sunday, bringing together cardiac arrest survivors and community members despite rainy conditions to promote heart health ...

AEDs, or public defibrillators, are designed to be used by anyone. Try to stay calm and follow the directions that the device gives you. Share on Pinterest Aria sandi Hasim/Getty Images A ...

A new poll revealed a “critical gap” in automated external defibrillator (AED) awareness with most Americans wanting a bystander to use the device to save their life in a cardiac emergency but less ...

With the cameras running and millions of football fans watching, Buffalo Bills player Damar Hamlin collapsed on the field after a tackle and went into cardiac arrest. The cameras also captured moments ...

Last spring, a high school baseball game in Green Country took a terrifying turn when a routine at-bat became a life-or-death emergency. Aaden Dunson was playing baseball for Okemah High School during ...