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 ...

Chest compression -- not mouth-to-mouth resuscitation -- seems to be the key in helping someone recover from cardiac arrest, according to new research that further bolsters advice from heart experts.

By conducting the world's first randomized clinical trial, researchers have demonstrated that while overall survival rates ...

The CPR you know may not be the CPR that is now recommended. Gone are the days of pausing chest compressions to deliver deep breaths to someone who has collapsed. The American Heart Association now ...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - People who suffer cardiac arrest - in which the heart stops beating - were less likely to die in subsequent years when bystanders performed cardiopulmonary resuscitation ...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - If you're uncomfortable giving mouth-to-mouth resuscitation, you may actually do a better job of cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) if you do less mouth-to-mouth, ...

DALLAS — New guidelines out today switch up the steps for CPR, telling rescuers to start with hard, fast chest presses before giving mouth-to-mouth. The change puts "the simplest step first" for ...

September 18, 2009 — Increasing the time that rescuers spend on chest compressions while performing cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) could lead to increased survival in patients in cardiac arrest, ...

A randomized trial shows no difference in adult patient outcomes with the two approaches. A previous nonrandomized study showed improved outcomes from adult cardiac arrest with compression-only ...

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 ...