Fast action from bystanders can improve cardiac arrest survival. Many don’t know what to do

6 more defibrillator cabinets coming to Alexandria

ALEXANDRIA — An effort to put more automated external defibrillator cabinets in Alexandria’s downtown area was approved at the Alexandria City Council meeting Monday night. The city agreed to use city funds to pay for the annual maintenance of six AED units in the downtown area for $3,600 per year. An AED is a portable device that can be used to treat a person whose heart has suddenly stopped working. This condition is called sudden cardiac arre…

Fast action from bystanders can improve cardiac arrest survival. Many don't know what to do

When a woman collapsed on an escalator at the Buffalo, New York, airport last June, Phil Clough knew what to do.

Fast action from bystanders can improve cardiac arrest survival. Many don’t know what to do

When a woman collapsed on an escalator at the Buffalo, New York, airport last June, Phil Clough knew what to do.

In a tragic accident in Alsbach-Hähnlein, the young mother almost lost her life. Her rescuers also remember the dramatic minutes.