On TV it always seems clear and simple. A patient in the hospital goes into cardiac arrest and the medical team springs into action. After a few tense moments of furious activity, and only after all ...

New long-term data support a strategy of chest-compression-only CPR for out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) for bystanders who are uncomfortable or untrained in giving rescue breathing. The latest ...

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 ...

When Tim Franko suffered a heart attack at work on Aug. 19, a bystander began to administer CPR within a minute. Paramedics tried to revive him for 16 minutes before transporting him to nearby Regions ...

Patients receiving dialysis have higher rates of cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and worse long-term survival after discharge than other patients, according to a national cohort study published ...

A study of elderly patients receiving CPR in hospitals shows that rates of survival did not improve from 1992 to 2005. The proportion of hospital deaths after CPR rose, and the proportion of patients ...

Out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) in people experiencing a heart attack is a time-dependent medical emergency requiring immediate cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR). In new research presented at ...

Certified instructors taught non-clinical staff the emergency live-saving procedure of hands-only CPR during the Hands-Only CPR challenge at Greenwich Hospital Thursday. More than 200 employees took ...

A mother's love and CPR saved her son's life after he collapsed during track practice. Here is Collin Gates' inspiring story.

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 ...