NEW YORK (WWTI) — A new life-saving opportunity is open to high schoolers across the country. The American Red Cross has launched a new course for teens titled, First Aid for Severe Trauma. This ...

Minutes can make a difference when a life is on the line. The American Red Cross has begun offering free training and certification so high school students can act fast in medical emergencies.

This course will certify participants in American Red Cross Basic Life Support with First Aid. The American Red Cross Basic Life Support (BLS) Blended Learning course provides participants with the ...

Tarla Atwell was overseeing her family’s hair-care manufacturing company when a maintenance worker severed his finger. “I didn’t know what to do, so I put him in my car and just drove to an urgent ...

GENEVA, October 22 (UNHCR) - The UN refugee agency and the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) signed an agreement Monday that will give UNHCR staff working in ...

When he was serving in Iraq as an Air Force emergency physician, Dr. Craig Goolsby saw some horrific injuries -- war wounds he could not imagine anyone surviving. But many of his patients came in ...

“Starting chest compressions as soon as somebody’s heart has stopped is the best way to help them survive,” according to Erica Littlewood of South Whatcom Fire Authority. iStockphoto Getty Images It’s ...