Let’s say you’re at the gym, playing in your weekly pickup basketball game. Another player complains of chest pain, feels dizzy and heads to the bench. Chances are someone in the game or at the gym ...

Injury and illness on the job kill more than 2 million people around the world each year. That's 6,000 people a day. If a co-worker experienced chest pains or breathing difficulties, or severed an ...

Did you know 85% of adults would not know what to do if someone collapsed and was not breathing? Let's reduce that number and give you the skills and confidence to help in a first aid emergency.

OLATHE, Kan. — Before Olathe students take their seats, district educators are in session. Over 200 educators volunteered over the summer to receive training in mental health first aid from Johnson ...

An acquaintance suddenly tells you that they are thinking of suicide or you see someone on public transport crying uncontrollably. Is it possible to assist them without putting yourself in danger or ...

My 12-year-old sister had to call 911 when my dad fell and broke six ribs and punctured a lung. While he was momentarily incapacitated, she knew to call 911 and tell them our address and what had ...

MinnPost’s journalists are out in the community to report on the things that are happening in Minnesota. Your support right now will help fund their work AND keep our news paywall-free. The Center for ...

Save this article to read it later. Find this story in your account’s ‘Saved for Later’ section. Experts in fields of survival tend to assemble their own first aid kits to ensure a decent amount of ...