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 ...

Trisha Flaherty-Barnes lay in a Des Moines hospital bed for nearly a week in a coma. Last May, she collapsed, suffering cardiac arrest at her home. Her husband knew CPR. "A lot of times it's hard for ...

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 ...

GUILFORD, Conn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Defibtech's automated external defibrillators (AEDs) meet the American Heart Association's new "hands-only" CPR guidelines, the company announced today. Unlike many ...

San Clemente lifeguards have five new public-access defibrillators to help save beachgoers who suffer sudden cardiac arrest. The devices donated Monday by HeartSine Technologies are an upgraded type ...

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 ...

Student CPR demonstration Northeast Ohio Media Group asks three Cleveland State University students to demonstrate how they would perform CPR on a cardiac arrest victim. A Cleveland firefighter then ...