New research has found that a type of automatic chest compression is more effective to carry out CPR in space than the ‘handstand method’ that is currently recommended in emergency protocols for ...

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 ...

People of a certain age know the Bee Gees’ “Stayin' Alive” as the right rhythm track not just for John Travolta’s strut, but also for anyone doing hands-only CPR. But decades later, Gen Z says it’s ...

Every year, more than 350,000 people in the U.S. are not in a hospital when they go into cardiac arrest. That means their heart stops beating. Only about 40% of them get CPR from a bystander.

Closeup hands practicing chest compressions on a CPR training dummy. Correction: The headline on a previous version of this article incorrectly referenced heart attack survival. It should have said ...

ROANE COUNTY, Tenn. — Emergency responders in Roane County may soon have a new tool they can use during emergency situations to help save lives. The Roane County Office of Emergency Services said it ...

April 17, 2006 — Editor's Note: Cardiocerebral resuscitation (CCR) — employing chest compressions but no ventilations — improves survival of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest, according to the results of ...

What's gonna happen after this? What what's life gonna be if I lose my dad? The questions going through her mind while performing chest compressions on her dad take me back to that day. What do you ...

Every year, more than 350,000 people go into cardiac arrest outside of a hospital in the U.S. That means their heart stops beating. Only about 40% of them get CPR from a bystander. KATHERINE Y BROWN: ...