CPR

Nearly 4,000 people die from drowning every year in the U.S., and here’s what the U.S. Swim School Association and the American Red Cross say you should do if someone is drowning.

A boy was rescued from a pool at a camp in Groveland, Massachusetts, on Friday morning, officials say. The 12-year-old from Newburyport was conscious when first responders arrived at the private camp on Bare Hill Road, but people on scene had conducted CPR, according to the Groveland fire and police departments. Witnesses said that the boy was pulled from the…

Alyssa Milano is sharing new details about a car accident she was involved in on Tuesday.

A young girl saved her little brother’s life after he fell into a pool in a Tewksbury home, then was resuscitated by their uncle.

Bodycam footage shows an NJ Transit police officer performing CPR on a baby born at Newark Penn Station Tuesday.

Two people are dead and 12 others were injured when a person, who remains at-large, opened fire into a crowd of hundreds attending a party in Greenville, east of Dallas, late Saturday night.

A classic scene from a decade-old episode of “The Office” helped an Arizona mechanic save an unconscious woman’s life. The Arizona Daily Star reports that 21-year-old Cross Scott found a woman locked in her car this month and broke in, finding she wasn’t breathing. He doesn’t have any emergency training but thought of the show where Steve Carell’s character does...

A judge declined Wednesday to grant a temporary injunction that would have extended a 14-day temporary restraining order that kept a 9-year-old Grand Prairie girl on life support at Cook Children’s Medical Center in Fort Worth.

A Red Sox fan from Hudson, New Hampshire, was killed on Wednesday night while attempting to climb on top of a train on his way home from Yankee Stadium.

A Red Sox fan from Hudson, New Hampshire was killed on Wednesday night while attempting to climb on top of a train on his way home from Yankee Stadium.

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo and former “Sex and the City” star Cynthia Nixon swapped insults and clashed over policy Wednesday in their only scheduled debate before the Sept. 13 Democratic primary.

An ATV rider was seriously injured Sunday after crashing into a tree in Berlin, Massachusetts. Police say a 34-year-old man who lives in Berlin hit a tree off Marlborough Road. Police responded around 3:15 p.m. to the scene, where an off-duty firefighter was performing CPR on the victim. The man was breathing on his own, but was taken to UMass…

Women are less likely than men to get CPR from a bystander and more likely to die, a new study suggests, and researchers think reluctance to touch a woman’s chest might be one reason.

Police in Burlington, Vermont, say a swimmer has died after being pulled from Lake Champlain.

It sounds futuristic: drones carrying heart defibrillators swooping in to help bystanders revive people stricken by cardiac arrest. Researchers tested the idea and found drones arrived at the scene of 18 cardiac arrests within about 5 minutes of launch. That was almost 17 minutes faster on average than ambulances — a big deal for a condition where minutes mean life...

A young woman hopes to motivate others to take CPR classes after she used her learned skills in everyday life.

Sen. Thom Tillis of North Carolina collapsed during a race in Washington, D.C., Wednesday morning and was taken away in an ambulance. But he later tweeted that he’s “doing well” and looking forward to returning to work. The Republican had tweeted Wednesday morning about taking part in the ACLI Capital Challenge race, an invitational run in Anacostia Park for members...

An unlicensed child care facility at a New Hampshire home where a 1-year-old died, was not in compliance with state laws and had received previous complaints, according to the New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services.

An animal care team administered CPR to an ailing alligator in front of onlookers at an Ohio zoo, but it wasn’t enough to save its life....
Splash, a 28-year-old alligator died Saturday at the Columbus Zoo and Aquarium....
Zoo officials told WBNS-TV that the 300 pound male alligator had been under veterinary care for weeks because of a respiratory condition. A crowd...