Wilmette firefighter Dan Walters monitors the airway of a CPR practice mannequin, while police officer Elizabeth McGuire practices chest compressions and firefighter Guillermo Bonilla awaits his turn.

Pit Crew CPR assigns a specific role to members, as each of nine “positions” enter a scene. The premise is to have organized and rapid response to cardiac arrest incidents.

News Voices ‘Pit crew’ method improves cardiac survival rate Wed., Jan. 20, 2016 Eric Miller, a firefighter with the city of Spokane Fire Department, performs CPR on a test unit as other ...

Longmont Fire Lt. Troy Bohm tests equipment used at position 3 of the The Pit Crew model of resuscitating a cardiac patient last month at Station 1 in Longmont. The person manning position 3 tends ...

The Tucson Fire Department’s Pit Crew CPR helps increase the chance of saving a person’s life.

The Longmont Fire Department has used the Pit Crew Resuscitation model for five years, and it has "had the biggest single impact on our job," the department's EMS operation lieutenant ...

Emergency medical crews in Wichita and Sedgwick County are borrowing an idea from NASCAR, and it’s getting strong early reviews.

Cliff Grassmick, Daily Camera Longmont Fire Lt. Troy Bohm tests equipment used at position 3 of the The Pit Crew model of resuscitating a cardiac patient last month at Station 1 in Longmont.