Research suggests only 39.6% of the global population knows how to perform primary care on patients. It is important to increase these numbers to reduce the number of casualties due to preventable ...

The Santee Fire Department operates out of two primary stations -- Station 4 (at Cottonwood Avenue) and Station 5 (Carlton Hills Boulevard) — serving about 60,000 residents.

Safety Training Seminars, an official American Heart Association © (AHA) Training Center, announced that it opened a new ...

Basic Life Support (BLS) is a set of simple, life-saving steps used to help someone whose heart has stopped beating. It includes skills like CPR (cardiopulmonary resuscitation) and the use of an AED ...

As a former firefighter and search and rescue volunteer, Don Weakly has spent nearly his entire life providing lifesaving support. But he was just 9 years old when he first learned CPR as a Cub Scout.

Is it really necessary to have a BLS (Basic Life Support) certification if you work in healthcare? If you're involved in resuscitation, staying certified isn’t optional; it’s a core skill. Cardiac ...

With the coming closure of Crozer Health EMS an understanding about the multiple levels of EMS service can be helpful. BLS and ALS are the two levels for prehospital medical crews. BLS, basic life ...