Most dramas show characters searching for pulse and giving breaths but experts say chest compressions on their own can save lives ...

TV shows portray CPR incorrectly in most episodes, spreading outdated methods that discourage lifesaving action.

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - People who suffer cardiac arrest - in which the heart stops beating - were less likely to die in subsequent years when bystanders performed cardiopulmonary resuscitation ...

Think you know how to perform CPR properly because you've seen it on TV? You probably don't, a new study has warned.

Hands-only CPR is just two steps: call 911 when someone collapses, then start chest compressions. The AHA officially endorsed ...

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 ...

We would all like to believe that in the event a stranger was experiencing cardiac arrest, we would not hesitate to act. However, recent statistics published in the Journal of the American Heart ...

In a Swedish study of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest, bystander CPR rates nearly doubled and compression-only, or Hands-Only CPR, rates increased six-fold over the 18-year review. Compression-only and ...