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Cortland Fire Department will offer CPR classes

By Northern Star staff | February 17, 2016

The Cortland Fire Department will host a CPR/AED class from 6-9 p.m. today at the Cortland Fire Station, 30 W. North Ave in Cortland.A second class will be given from 9 a.m. to noon on March 19. Instructors can travel to different locations within the...

Tina Erickson (left) and her husband Brad Erickson hold hands. Before Tina Erickson collapsed and stopped breathing at the university’s Campus Mail Services Sept. 12, she had no prior health issues, Brad Erickson said. Now she is undergoing tests to reach a diagnosis for what caused her collapse.

NIU employee saves life of coworker, friend

By Jackie Nevarez | October 12, 2014

Gail Smith, 58, shouldn’t have been in the university’s Campus Mail Services when Tina Erickson, 53, collapsed and stopped breathing.On Sept. 12, Erickson and Smith went to lunch and returned to work at about 2 p.m. Tina Erickson is a mailing equipment...

The new CPR: It’s as easy as C.A.B.

By Zachary Brictson | October 27, 2010

DeKALB | The American Heart Association has released new guidelines for performing CPR that will improve chances of survival for victims of cardiac arrest. Previously known as the ABC (airway, breathing, compressions) method that starts with tilting the...