A public health campaign in Arizona advocating chest compression or hands-only CPR increased cardiac arrest survival rates and the number of citizens actually performing CPR, a new study shows. When ...

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 ...

You can skip the mouth-to-mouth breathing and just press on the chest to save a life. In a major change, the American Heart Association said Monday that hands-only CPR - rapid, deep presses on the ...

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 ...

The American Red Cross trains and certifies people in cardio pulmonary resuscitation, or CPR. The best method involves rescue breathing and chest compressions. Even if you aren’t sure about rescue ...

DALLAS — Chest compression-only CPR performed by bystanders — without rescue breathing — keeps more people alive with good brain function after having a sudden cardiac arrest, according to a Japanese ...

Each year, 475,000 Americans die from cardiac arrest, an electrical malfunction in the heart that causes an irregular heartbeat and disrupts the flow of blood to the brain, lungs and other organs.

CPR is an emergency technique that manually maintains heart function and breathing. Below are steps on how to perform CPR.

In the age of COVID-19, CPR remains a vital lifesaving technique when someone experiences cardiac arrest. Cardiac arrest is an electrical malfunction that causes the heart to stop beating unexpectedly ...

SMYRNA, Tenn. (WTVF) — Every fifth grader in Rutherford County Schools will end the school year knowing how to do hands-only CPR. Students at Smyrna Primary School got the hands-on health lesson on ...

More bystanders are willing to attempt CPR if an emergency dispatcher gives them firm and direct instructions — especially if they can just press on the chest and skip the mouth-to-mouth, according to ...

Hands-only CPR doesn't just eliminate the "yuck factor." A new study shows it can save more lives. It's the first large American study to show more adults survived cardiac arrest when a bystander gave ...