Hands-only cardiopulmonary resuscitation is recommended by the American Heart Association, but it may not be the best way to save lives if more sophisticated medical care is slow in coming, according ...

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 ...

Drowning is the number one cause of death for children ages 1 to 4. CPR can be lifesaving and now, experts have updated the guidelines on how to perform it for drowning victims. What happened to ...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KCTV)—Outside the hospital, it’s reported that 350,000 people have a heart attack each year, and CPR is literally a lifesaving guide in those moments. The American Heart Association ...

TV varies dramatically in informing viewers about medical emergencies, but it also teaches audiences how not to perform ...

Chicago, IL - A editorial in the January 19, 2005 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association says CPR guidelines are ripe for a major overhaul and that the key to saving lives may be ...

More than 350,000 out-of-hospital cardiac arrests occur in the United States each year. This February, during American Heart Month, the American Heart ...

The Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA) has newly recommended that automatic external defibrillators (AEDs) be used on female cardiac arrest patients without removing undergarments such ...

Major changes to Maryland’s CPR protocol that are expected to reduce risk for emergency medical services and increase survival for cardiac arrest patients took effect July 1, according to a report ...

TV viewers are still given the impression they should do pulse checks and mouth-to-mouth resuscitation, despite the American Heart Association’s (AHA) 2008 endorsement of ”hands-only” CPR, a two-step ...