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 ...

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 ...

DEAR MAYO CLINIC: What is continuous cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR)? Does it replace the CPR I learned years ago? Continuous cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR), known as compression-only CPR or ...

American TV episodes continued to depict bystander CPR with pulse checks and breaths given alongside compression, a study found. This despite hands-only CPR being the official method endorsed by the ...

Performing CPR improves a person's chance of survival during cardiac arrest. Hands-only CPR involves only chest compressions at 100-120 beats per minute. Both chest compressions and rescue breathing ...

A Wisconsin woman could have died three years ago had her husband not performed compression-only CPR. In hopes of saving more lives, Kay Kratochwill is working with WISC TV and St. Mary’s Hospital to ...

heart attack victim's chances of survival go up markedly if someone begins chest compressions within 30 seconds, according to recent research. The Grand Junction Fire Department is working to increase ...

Scripted television shows fail to accurately portray the realities of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) and often depict out-of-date practices for compression-only cardiopulmonary resuscitation ...