"Breathe, please just breathe! It's not your time yet, Marjorie! I can't lose you like this, not here, not now!" Such hinge ...

You’ve seen what a cardiac arrest looks like on television - the patient limp and pale, the alert lifesaver pounding their ...

DALLAS — New guidelines out Monday switch up the steps for CPR, telling rescuers to start with hard, fast chest presses before giving mouth-to-mouth. The change puts "the simplest step first" for ...

"In simple terms: cough CPR doesn’t fix the cause, doesn’t improve the situation, and definitely doesn’t replace proper ...

Lastly, we found that almost 65% of the people receiving hands-only CPR and 73% of rescuers performing CPR were white and ...

Chest compression -- not mouth-to-mouth resuscitation -- seems to be the key in helping someone recover from cardiac arrest, according to new research that further bolsters advice from heart experts.

Many TV depictions of CPR for out-of-hospital cardiac arrest not only made errors in correct technique but may skew public ...

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 ...

Scripted television often shows CPR performed incorrectly. This can affect how the public responds to emergency situations, ...

MADISON, Wis. -- Nearly 60 people in Dane County survived a cardiac arrest last year, a record high that county officials attribute to the work of Emergency Medical Services workers in the area and ...

The goal was providing the community with the skills, knowledge and confidence to perform Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR). The event was attended by hundreds of residents of all ages who were ...

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 ...