A huge round of applause for Gov. Jay Inslee and the Washington legislature for their approval of Substitute House Bill (SHB) 1556 requiring all high school students to receive CPR training as part of their health classes.

We’ve come a long way from the days of the simple company first aid supply kit with a few aspirins and a bandage or two in it. Automated external defibrillators (AEDs), emergency oxygen, first response teams — what does YOUR company need to help provide a safe and healthy workplace that’s ready to respond in case of an emergency or injury?

National EMS Week is May 19-25, 2013. Each year, the president issues a proclamation for EMS Week. It’s just one way to honor the men and women the American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP) calls “those who provide the day-to-day lifesaving services of medicine’s ‘front line.’” This year’s theme is EMS: One Mission. One Team.

Did you know… that every 40 seconds, someone in the United States has a stroke?  According to the U.S. Center for Disease Control and Prevention, in 2008 alone, more than 133,000 Americans died from stroke—or one person every four minutes— making it the fourth leading cause of death in the United States.

Car Seats for Cats is today’s funny video from the Inbound Marketing Gurus at Hubspot.

Let’s face it—sometimes we all need a little revving up. But don’t reach for that toxic energy drink! Instead, try our three tips to add some juice to your training center business.

As instructors, we have our own ideas on what’s effective in teaching and education. Students have their opinions and preferences as well, and Memorial University of Newfoundland gathered those likes and dislikes into an interesting study on Students’ Perceptions of Effective Teaching in Higher Education.  The study covers both in-class and distance education situations.

Bryce Smithlin, a nine-year-old student at Stewart Elementary School in Puyallup, WA helped his father save his mother’s life when her heart stopped due to noncompaction cardiomyopathy.

The following YouTube video made everyone here at HSI smile. Check out this little sweetheart’s awesome demonstration on the easy technique of CPR. This talented tot even goes beyond hands-only, although we would certainly recommend a pocket mask for the next time...