Emergencies don’t wait for professionals. These nine first-aid situations—cardiac arrest, choking, severe bleeding, stroke, anaphylaxis, burns, head injury, seizures, and heat illness—demand fast, ...

NOT IN THE WAY YOU’D HOPE, THOUGH. IT FEELS LIKE TEMPERATURES. I MEAN, TRIPLE DIGITS. WE HAVEN’T SEEN THAT IN A FORECAST SO FAR THIS YEAR. WE’VE SEEN QUITE A FEW HOT DAYS. AFTERNOON TODAY, IT’S NOT ...

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Mayor Donna Deegan and the Jacksonville Fire Rescue Department just cut the ribbon on northeast Florida’s first “mobile stroke treatment unit,” an ambulance given to the city by ...

Pat Ingram remembers leaving a Valparaiso Noon Kiwanis meeting held at First Christian Church a little more than a year ago but after that, things got fuzzy. The Valparaiso woman, 67, has vague ...

Every home needs a dedicated first aid kit, even if it’s only used to organize the supplies scattered in medicine cabinets, drawers and cupboards, making it much easier to grab them in a stressful ...

Stem cells given in the vital period immediately after a stroke may aid recovery, suggest researchers. Rats injected with stem cells 30 minutes after a stroke had almost normal brain function restored ...