About 70% of out-of-hospital cardiac arrests happen at home, making CPR knowledge critical for everyday Americans.

A local CPR instructor will host hands-on CPR demonstrations Tuesday at the Merriweather Library on Jefferson Avenue in ...

When Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) is administered out of the hospital by lay persons, it is associated with a two- to four-fold increase in survival. Bystanders may obtain CPR instructions from ...

A study of more than 17,238 out-of-hospital cardiac arrest patients found that nearly all survivals were achieved within 35 minutes of performing cardiopulmonary respiration and that there was little ...

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The American Heart Association is teaching hands-only CPR to children and parents in Knoxville, Tennessee, to help them save ...

The ventilation technique, also known as rescue breathing, commonly used during cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) for people with cardiac arrest is often performed poorly by professional emergency ...

The initiative aims to educate visitors about the importance of CPR and train them in basic emergency response skills that can help save lives during incidents such as cardiac arrest, choking or sudde ...

While its use is expanding, mechanical CPR has not been tested for effectiveness by the Federal Drug Administration (FDA). Despite significant cost and minimal evidence that mechanical resuscitation ...