Using the CPR steps on someone who is not breathing can help keep them alive until the emergency services arrive. Knowing when to do CPR and how to perform it is important. CPR works by keeping a ...

(Reuters Health) - The majority of people believe cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) is successful more often than it tends to be in reality, according to a small U.S. study. This overly optimistic ...

Helping someone in cardiac arrest is not as daunting as it seems. By Gina Kolata Before 1958, there was no such thing as CPR. If someone’s heart stopped because of cardiac arrest, that person fell to ...

More than 20 first responders resuscitate man for 96 minutes. March 3, 2011— -- It's not very often Dr. Roger White uses the word "amazing." But when more than 20 first responders tirelessly ...

We'd all like to assume if we went into cardiac arrest in the street, someone would come to our aid. But it turns out gender can affect your chances of being resuscitated — and women are at a ...

The first time cardiologist Sonia Tolani performed CPR outside a hospital was in 2009. She was on the subway in New York City, headed home from work, when she saw a man slump to the ground and stop ...

The role of rescue breathing in cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) performed by a layperson is uncertain. We hypothesized that the dispatcher instructions to bystanders to provide chest compression ...

As recent case histories surface, scientists debate whether a person can actually be awake and aware while cardiopulmonary resuscitation is performed on them. Share on Pinterest Cardiopulmonary ...

Because potentially fatal accidents often occur when trained medical help is elsewhere, members of the general public have taken it upon themselves to learn CPR, a life-saving technique that is a ...

During a Monday Night Football game on January 2, Buffalo Bills safety Damar Hamlin went into cardiac arrest after what appeared to be a routine tackle, requiring cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR).