The American Heart Association recently updated and streamlined its choking, opioid overdose, and CPR guidelines for children and adults.

Reflecting evolving evidence, the recommendations for initial evaluation and stabilization after cardiac arrest, following ...

They say learning the new methods and educating friends and family has the potential to save a loved one’s life. For the ...

A new algorithm can help the rescuer give Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) effectively, finds a new study. This innovative method can help improve the quality of chest compressions. The findings of ...

In the event of a cardiorespiratory arrest, two actions are crucial for the patient's survival: cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and defibrillation. CPR consists of rhythmically compressing the ...

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 of ...