Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) is a vital skill anyone can perform. It is administered to an unconscious person who is not breathing normally.

If you’re alone with a child or baby who is unresponsive and not breathing (or only gasping), call 911 after you’ve done 2 minutes of cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR). If someone else is present, ...

Am J Health Syst Pharm. 2008;65(24):2337-2346. While both animal and human data suggest that a protocol incorporating CPR before defibrillation will improve survival in certain circumstances, the most ...

The John Hopkins Children's Center approach to cardiopulmonary resuscitation increases compliance with American Heart Association guidelines. A new approach to cardiopulmonary resuscitation is helping ...

Cardiac arrest, which often leads to a heart attack, is frighteningly common: every minute of every day there is another victim, according to the American Red Cross. Almost 80% of cardiac arrests ...

Background Effective cardiopulmonary resuscitation and increased coronary perfusion pressures have been linked to improved survival from cardiac arrest. This study aimed to compare the rates of ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- The ABC7 Chicago 6:30 p.m. streaming team learned Tuesday how to respond to an emergency and potentially save lives. Every year in the U.S., there are more than 350,000 cardiac ...

(Reuters Health) - When a bystander gives CPR or applies an automatic defibrillator to someone who has collapsed from cardiac arrest, the benefits persist for at least a year. A Danish study has ...

Tucson, Ariz., Nov. 12, 2006 -- Survival rates following cardiac arrest went up 300 percent when emergency responders used Cardiocerebral Resuscitation, a new resuscitation approach for cardiac arrest ...