The American Heart Association last week issued new CPR guidelines for healthcare workers as the COVID-19 pandemic heads into its third year. The new guidelines say healthcare workers who are ...

Compression-only CPR best for out-of-hospital cardiac arrest Unhappy with current variation in CPR quality, the AHA has released improved recommendations for performing the procedure. More than half a ...

April 2, 2012 (Seattle, Washington) — The latest major cardiopulmonary-resuscitation (CPR) study from Seattle shows that chest compressions can save the lives of people in cardiac arrest even if their ...

A new study by the department of anaesthesiology at the Government Institute of Medical Sciences (GIMS), Greater Noida, has questioned the scientific basis of a fundamental step in cardiopulmonary ...

, call 911 and set the phone on speaker - that step is one of several suggested under new guidelines aimed at boosting survival rates for sudden cardiac arrest. The guidelines urge rescuers to use ...

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 ...

Using the CPR steps on someone who is not breathing can help keep them alive until the emergency services arrive. Knowing when to do CPR and how to perform it is important. Cardiopulmonary ...