Jon LaPook, M.D. is the award-winning chief medical correspondent for CBS News. Since joining CBS News in 2006, LaPook has delivered more than 1,200 reports on a wide variety of breaking news and ...

Heart Foundation launches 'Shockingly Simple' campaign this Shocktober to combat low confidence in using life-saving ...

Dr. Mehmet Oz demonstrates how to operate an automated external defibrillator, which helped save the life of celebrity trainer Bob Harper during a heart attack. When "The Biggest Loser" trainer Bob ...

Connie Harvey from the American Red Cross explains how to use an AED, an automated external defibrillator, when attempting to restart someone’s heart after they collapse. She says the first two steps ...

Defibrillators are used to re-establish a normal heart rhythm in cases of cardiac arrhythmia, ventricular fibrillation and pulseless ventricular tachycardia. ASHI CPR and AED - Attend to ...

October 16 is World Restart a Heart Day, an international initiative designed to increase awareness about the importance of knowing what to do in a cardiac emergency and learning Hands-Only CPR. The ...

Heart & Stroke is building the next generation of life savers by teaching Swift Current students how to do CPR and use an ...

Every second counts when someone suffers a heart attack or stroke and help can now be found across the City of Tampa through ...

According to the American Heart Association, over 300,000 sudden cardiac arrests (SCA) occur annually in the United States, and, according to OSHA, about 10,000 occur at work. For many companies who ...