While sudden cardiac arrest in a child or adolescent is rare—about 20,000 cases occur each year in the U.S.—the survival rate when it happens outside of a hospital is estimated to be under 20%.

It is heart breaking to watch a child arrive in hospital alive and then watch them die. This is even more depressing when there exists a possibility that the child may have survived had they been ...

A child who receives bystander CPR within the first 5 minutes after a cardiac arrest is nearly twice as likely to survive ...

Lieutenant Matt Hill and Firefighter-Paramedic Nathan Riordan of the Normal Fire Department were recognized for their heroic ...

Significantly improving survival odds after sudden cardiac arrest in children and adolescents is the goal of the 2025 ...

Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) performed within five minutes of a child's heart stopping nearly doubled their chances of ...