CPR’s mouth-to-mouth resuscitation and chest compressions have saved countless lives, but the chest pumps alone may be just as effective during medical emergencies. A Japanese study found that people ...

Someone arriving on the scene of an injured individual might try to remember how to administer CPR, knowing that techniques ...

We would all like to believe that in the event a stranger was experiencing cardiac arrest, we would not hesitate to act. However, recent statistics published in the Journal of the American Heart ...

DALLAS – Updating the way everyday people do CPR, new recommendations urge many more chest compressions for victims of cardiac arrest. The revised guidelines issued Monday by the American Heart ...

The American Heart Association last week issued new CPR guidelines for healthcare workers as the COVID-19 pandemic heads into its third year. The new guidelines say healthcare workers who are ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Despite this, “compression-only CPR is currently the most commonly performed type of CPR for pediatric cardiac ...

A Wisconsin woman could have died three years ago had her husband not performed compression-only CPR. In hopes of saving more lives, Kay Kratochwill is working with WISC TV and St. Mary’s Hospital to ...

A randomized trial shows no difference in adult patient outcomes with the two approaches. A previous nonrandomized study showed improved outcomes from adult cardiac arrest with compression-only ...

A recent, unexpected cardiac episode of NBA star LeBron James' son Bronny James sheds light on the dangers of cardiac arrest. The 18-year-old was hospitalized after a cardiac event during a workout at ...