Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation

ATLANTA (AP) — An elderly man opened fire on a woman after her car came into contact with his motorized wheelchair at a central Georgia service station, authorities said Wednesday. She died shortly afterward at a hospital despite the efforts of a...

SOUTH BEND -- A bank robbery last week placed South Bend police Sgt. Dave Beaty within three miles of a child clinging to his life after his neck was lodged in a car window. Before he saved the child's life, Beaty was nearly done with his shift Wednesday...

The poolside's emergency phone didn't work. By the time Alice Smith was able to call 911 from her cell phone and get emergency medical responders to the pool at Mishawaka's McKinley Woods Apartments, it was too late. A 22-year-old man, whose name was not...

LIVONIA, Mich. (AP) — Police say a 7-year-old girl who was attending a weekend birthday party accidentally drowned in the pool of a suburban Detroit hotel. A statement released Monday by Livonia Police says the Detroit girl was attending a party...

The child care home where 22-month-old Skylar Bullocks nearly drowned Thursday has been ordered by the state to shut down, but that doesn't mean the facility is closed for good. A letter dated Friday, Aug. 3 from the Indiana Family and Social Services...

SILVER CREEK TOWNSHIP – A Dowagiac woman pulled unbreathing out of Magician Lake has her neighbor and a passerby to thank for saving her life. 66-year old Kathy Baliunas was swimming in Magician Lake in Sister Lakes yesterday when she became...

ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) — A Notre Dame fan who suffered cardiac arrest during last football weekend's game at Michigan survived to watch the final touchdowns from a hospital bed. The school says 69-year-old Leo Staudacher's heart stopped beating...

BAY CITY, Mich. (AP) — A Notre Dame fan who survived a heart attack during last month's game at Michigan can list Wolverines' coach Brady Hoke among his well-wishers. Leo Staudacher told The Bay City Times (http://bit.ly/nsSFhi ) for a story...

BEND, Ore. (AP) — A Bend, Ore., veterinarian has performed life-saving CPR on an injured bald eagle that was under anesthesia during physical therapy. KTVZ-TV reports Jeff Cooney performed the therapy, during which the bald eagle nicknamed...

EAU CLAIRE, Wis. (AP) — A Wisconsin nurse's assistant says a good Samaritan who helped her change a blown tire remarked that "someone up above" must have brought them together. Minutes later she repaid his kindness by helping save his life. Sara...

ALPINE TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) — Authorities say two people helped save the life of a man who stopped breathing after a drug overdose in the drive-thru of a southwestern Michigan fast food restaurant. WZZM and The Grand Rapids Press report a woman on...

ASHLAND, Ore. (AP) — Some Oregon firefighters and paramedics are now equipped and trained to give first aid to dogs, cats and other pets. The Daily Tidings reports that Ashland Fire & Rescue firefighters were trained last week to do CPR on dogs,...