Using the song helps people maintain the correct rhythm when performing CPR. Interlocking your hands while doing CPR helps ...

Preparing for long-term space travel means planning for medical emergencies in microgravity, sometimes with machines stepping ...

"This study is the first to show that bystanders can raise the odds of survival by giving continuous chest compressions rather than the type of CPR they are being taught in most certification classes.

Key take-awaysNew research has found that a type of automatic chest compression is more effective to carry out CPR in space than the 'handstand ...

The U.P. Children’s Museum staff underwent essential training on Monday.The museum’s whole staff completed a four-hour CPR, ...

New guidelines from the American Heart Association emphasize compression-only CPR, which could help bystanders uncomfortable with mouth-to-mouth assisted breathing.

Chris Blach: In 15 minutes, learn CPR using only compression Each year an average of 400,000 Americans suffer sudden cardiac arrest. That is over 1,000 each day, or 45 per hour.

Hands-only CPR is a compression-focused source of resuscitation to be used on adults experiencing interrupted breathing or heart attack-like symptoms until professional help arrives.

Compression-only CPR found effectiveChest compressions alone are as effective in rescuing victims of heart attacks as conventional cardiopulmonary resuscitation that combines compressions with ...

The public is now urged to start chest compressions on any adult who collapses suddenly; mouth-to-mouth ventilation is sanctioned only for rescuers with both the training and the confidence to do ...

A Swedish review of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest data shows rates of bystander CPR nearly doubled; compression-only (or Hands-Only CPR) increased six-fold over an 18 year period; and the chance ...

With funding from the Anthem Foundation, the American Heart Association is debuting a new Hands-Only CPR music-based training video, designed to showcase the simplicity and lifesaving benefits of ...