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  • CPR training turns softball game into lifesaving event

    CPR training turns softball game into lifesaving event

    A VA nurse used her CPR training to save a man’s life after he suffered cardiac arrest at a neighborhood softball game, showcasing the impact of regular training.

  • Video: CPR training for caregivers

    Video: CPR training for caregivers

    Caregiver Support Program equips caregivers with essential lifesaving skills, like CPR.

  • Caregiver Support Program provides CPR training to Veterans’ caregivers

    Caregiver Support Program provides CPR training to Veterans’ caregivers

    VA Caregiver Support Program conducts CPR classes at local VA facilities, plans to develop national training video.

  • VA nurse CPR training pays off

    VA nurse CPR training pays off

    VA nurse Elizabeth Priestley, Tennessee Valley VA, often wondered if all those hours of CPR training was worth her time. Today, she will tell you yes! It helped her save a neighbor’s life.

  • Virginia VA staff reach 100% implementation of CPR training

    Virginia VA staff reach 100% implementation of CPR training

    Central Virginia Health Care System has implemented the Resuscitation Quality Improvement (RQI) Program training with stations where clinicians can train without having to leave their clinical areas.

  • Code blue training saves lives

    Code blue training saves lives

    Nurses and residents at South Texas Veterans Health Care work together to complete simulated training for “code blue” situations that often require CPR (cardiopulmonary resuscitation).

  • Why caregivers for Veterans should know CPR

    Why caregivers for Veterans should know CPR

    A VA program provides hands-on, immersive sessions where caregivers can practice CPR through realistic home-based scenarios.

  • SimLEARN trainings save lives, even outside of the hospital

    SimLEARN trainings save lives, even outside of the hospital

    SimLEARN's RQI training is saving lives outside of the VA as this thrilling story illustrates. SimLEARN trains those who care for Veteran.

  • American Red Cross offers free lifesaving skills training for volunteers

    American Red Cross offers free lifesaving skills training for volunteers

    Until Help Arrives is a free course offered by the American Red Cross to teach people lifesaving skills during an emergency.

  • VA nurse saves life using CPR

    VA nurse saves life using CPR

    A VA nurse used his CPR skills help save the life of a fellow athlete. “My adrenaline kicked in. My main thought was please don’t die on me.”

  • Natchez National Cemetery employee’s military training saves stranger’s life

    Natchez National Cemetery employee’s military training saves stranger’s life

    When he saw a man laying unconscious, Natchez National Cemetery maintenance worker Rickey Allen took action.

  • Birmingham VA patient escort saves life, attributes his training and resilience

    Birmingham VA patient escort saves life, attributes his training and resilience

    VA patient escort Ryan Davis performed emergency CPR on an unresponsive resident. Davis lost his wife earlier to COVID and felt her looking down.

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Last updated February 19, 2026

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