Two lifeguards arrived with an automated external defibrillator, or AED, a portable device that issues electric shocks to the ...

Michael didn't have any first aid or CPR training, but he remembered hearing ... and forced air into his lungs via a hand pump (a bag valve mask device) until paramedics arrived.

Spencer Platt/Getty Images “We don’t use mouth to mouth on the field, we use bag-valve-mask (BVM), also known as ... AP/Mary Altaffer, file “If available the mask is recommendable, but CPR ...

Martin said. The child's mother was performing lifesaving care, but the officers immediately took over and performed CPR, utilizing an automated external defibrillator and bag valve mask, Martin said.

Within one day of her training, she — alongside several club members and volunteer St John paramedics — cut through Mr Mippy's match jersey and began to perform CPR. "I remember going into ...