Life support refers to any combination of machines and medication that keeps a person alive when their organs would otherwise stop working. We'll tell you what you need to know.

Basic Life Support (BLS) is a set of simple, life-saving steps used to help someone whose heart has stopped beating. It ...

Altogether, BLS certification represents an individual's commitment to being prepared to take life-saving action when ...

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Many patients who died after traumatic brain injuries may have survived and recovered if their families had waited to take them off life support, a new study found. Researchers from Massachusetts ...

Shannon Price opened up about her decision to end Gary Coleman's life support two days after he was placed in a ...

FORT WORTH, Texas (KTRK) -- A Fort Worth hospital asked the Texas Supreme Court Tuesday to speed up its review of a case of a baby on life support.

Munoz's family said she never wanted to be on life support, and they sued to have her removed from it on Jan. 14, arguing that the law didn't apply to her because she was legally dead. Judge R. H ...