Heart Savers Inc. is offering a free CPR class on Tuesday, Feb. 21 in Mesa. Successful participants will receive a two-year CPR certification.

First aid and CPR skills of bystanders helped save the lives of Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords and other victims of a mass shooting in Tucson earlier this year. So the American Red Cross Grand Canyon Chapter is offering free training in those skills on March 19.

Students at Chandler's New Vistas Center for Education are studying the curriculum designed by Science Buddies called "Save a Life! Hands Only CPR."

Scottsdale’s emergency responders are spreading the word on a life-saving technique. The method is called continuous chest compressions, or CCC, and it’s an alternative to traditional cardiopulmonary resuscitation, or CPR.

Two Valley businesses are offering free cardiopulmonary resuscitation training this pool season in an effort to prevent the spike in drownings seen each summer.

Students at Tempe’s Kyrene Middle School will learn how to recognize an emergency and save a life during a free hands-only CPR training this week. The training is made possible by funding support from the Maricopa Integrated Health System.

For more than two decades, Dr. Gordon Ewy has been on a crusade to change the way people are treated for sudden cardiac arrest, a leading cause of death in the nation.

When a stranger collapses, few people are excited about locking lips to perform mouth-to-mouth resuscitation. Now, a new method is proving to be just as effective — and a little less intimate.

Senior citizens need more education in CPR and operating defibrillators, a Mayo Clinic doctor’s study revealed.

Senior citizens need more education in CPR and operating defibrillators, a Mayo Clinic doctor’s study revealed.

DALLAS - In a radical change from the way everyday people do CPR, new recommendations urge many more chest compressions.

A traveling dialysis technician, 26-year-old Mindy Painter, just happened to leave work early Wednesday and was home in Chandler when she heard screams.

A traveling dialysis technician, 26-year-old Mindy Painter, just happened to leave work early Wednesday and was home in Chandler when she heard screams.

The last time Mesa resident Tracy Zahn performed CPR, he was a 15-yearold lifeguard in Missouri trying to save a drowning victim. So he was surprised when, nearly 25 years later, he was thrust into the role of hero again.

Learn about CPR and what to do in an emergency during a workshop hosted April 30 by Bella Vista Senior Living, a Senexus Community, and presented by the Mesa Fire Department.