Dr. Sam Stratton Appointed Medical Director for EMS Safety EMS Safety has a new Medical Director! As a board-certified Emergency Medicine Physician, Dr. Stratton is committed to improving survival of... read more →
Cough CPR is a Myth...Sort Of We recently had an excellent ‘Ask the Expert’ submission from www.emssafety.com. This question comes up occasionally and has evolved over the years. The Instructor... read more →
Early CPR by Cameraman Saves Life The video below captures how sudden an emergency can happen and provides a real-life example that early CPR works! Watch the story unfold as... read more →
I've seen the good, the bad and the ugly of CPR training. It really does boil down to the Instructor’s integrity and ability. The Instructor makes the difference between good,... read more →
CPR Compressions Too Hard and Too Fast? A recent review of research by The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center shows we may be giving CPR compressions too hard and... read more →
One of the most significant advances in CPR is here, and it started with a plunger. On... read more →
Recently an Instructor submitted an "Ask the Expert" question about implied consent. The Instructor wanted know, "Is it implied consent when a conscious person refuses care, then becomes unresponsive?" Similar versions... read more →
Please pass along this never-give-up story of Infant CPR, taken from a rescuer’s body cam. In this heart-pounding video, witness the rescue of an infant from a car that crashed and... read more →
I was recently asked by a couple of different Instructors about CPR training for disabled students. Both of the students had physical disabilities, were wheelchair-bound and needed the CPR certification... read more →
9 CPR Training Errors Back in the day, when I first started as a CPR training instructor, there was a great training video that was narrated by Roddy McDowall. There... read more →