People who suffer cardiac arrest - in which the heart stops beating - were less likely to die in subsequent years when bystanders performed cardiopulmonary resuscitation using chest compressions only, ...

Thirteen year olds can perform cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) as well as adults, finds a new study. The authors suggest that children as young as nine years old should be taught CPR skills ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- When a person is in cardiac arrest, anything is better than nothing. The American Heart Association wants the public to know that, as inexperienced bystanders, you can do no ...

Children as young as 13 can perform CPR as well as adults, according to British researchers who suggest the lessons start in elementary school. Cardiopulmonary resuscitation is a first aid procedure ...

Vienna, Austria (updated) - Emergency medical services dispatchers should guide bystanders through the chest-compression-only technique when performing cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) on an adult ...

Simply put, cardiopulmonary resuscitation saves lives — about 92,000 each year in the United States. The key is knowing when it is needed and how it is done. About 92 percent of sudden cardiac arrest ...

The American Heart Association has issued new CPR guidelines, recommending that when attempting life-saving efforts for adults and children, start with chest compressions—"push hard and fast"—before ...

Many adults have been inspired to learn, or re-learn, CPR after the devastating scenes on Saturday during the first half of Denmark’s opening match of Euro 2020. Christian Eriksen collapsed and was ...

Overturning a century of conventional medical wisdom, Japanese researchers reported Thursday that simple chest compressions without mouth-to-mouth ventilation saves twice as many heart attack victims ...

TV shows portray CPR incorrectly in most episodes, spreading outdated methods that discourage lifesaving action.