When people hear the term CPR, they often envision a mouth-to-mouth procedure, combined with applied pressure on the chest.

It’s essential that you have some fundamental first-aid skills to be able to cope with disaster. The American Red Cross and other safety and service agencies say these are a few of the things that you ...

LITTLE ROCK-A change in the procedure in which cardiac arrest patients are treated by Arkansas' largest ambulance service has resulted in an increase in the number of patients who are revived. The new ...

If someone all of a sudden collapses, the biggest hero of the day could be anyone walking by. June happens to National CPR and AED Awareness Month.— ...

A 10-year-old boy on the baseball diamond goes into cardiac arrest while rounding the bases. A middle schooler falls unresponsive to the floor while sitting in class. A high school football player ...

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The long-held method of administering CPR will end Friday withthe introduction of a new procedure intended to save preciousseconds in emergencies by beginning the life-saving proceduresooner. Medical ...

In his 20 years of practicing emergency medicine, Dr. David Newman says, he remembers every patient who has walked out of his hospital alive after receiving CPR. It’s not because Newman has an ...

FORT WORTH (KRLD) - The lowly bathroom plunger and a quick-thinking teenager may get the credit for a new CPR procedure. It's called Active Compression-Decompression or 'suction cup' CPR and gives the ...

When cardiac arrest occurs, every second counts—but, according to a new study out of the University of Pittsburgh, the cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) techniques shown on television are misleading ...