General CPR

PulsePoint App Now Available For King County
King County Residents! Imagine a loved one collapses while shopping, due to cardiac arrest…but the paramedics are 10 minutes from the scene. In the store next door are three people trained in CPR, but...
June 7, 2022

Is BLS different on a pregnant woman?
While CPR for a pregnant woman is mostly the same as normal adult resuscitation, some concerns are unique in this situation. For maternal CPR, there are two patients - the mother and the fetus.
April 2, 2022

Is BLS the same as CPR? What's the difference?
What's the difference between BLS and CPR? Are they the same thing? This article shows how the two concepts are related.
March 31, 2022

Is the BLS Course Hard?
The short answer? No, the class is not generally considered difficult – however, compared to lay rescuer CPR & First Aid classes, there is a greater amount of information covered and the skill requirements are...
March 23, 2022

Has CPR changed due to COVID-19?
With the precautions that have been put in place to slow the spread of the COVID-19 virus, questions have arisen regarding how the administration of CPR (and First Aid in general) has been affected....
May 28, 2020

"Do Not Resuscitate" orders and bystander CPR: Can you get in trouble?
In this post we discuss the ramifications of a bystander performing CPR on a victim who may have a DNR order.
December 17, 2019

Does CPR Work? Answering Google Autocomplete's top CPR questions
'Does CPR work?" is the top CPR inquiry on Google. We look at answering the top 5.
August 7, 2019

Sudden Cardiac Arrest: By the Numbers

June 24, 2019

BLS, ALS, ACLS - what's the difference?
What are the differences between BLS training, ALS training, and ACLS training? This blog post describes what these terms mean and how they relate to classes and coursework.
January 14, 2019

Becoming an American Heart Association Instructor with CPR Seattle
CPR Seattle is an American Heart Association Training Center. We offer Instructor Training in several disciplines, including Heartsaver and BLS.
November 27, 2018