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Well, when it comes to delivering more effective CPR (cardiopulmonary resuscitation)—CPR that can save lives—results from a new study in the journal, Resuscitation, point to data indicating that ...

Patients experiencing non-trauma–related cardiac arrest derive no added protection against death or neurological damage when emergency medical services (EMS) providers use continuous chest ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- When a person is in cardiac arrest, anything is better than nothing. The American Heart Association wants the public to know that, as inexperienced bystanders, you can do no ...

NEW ORLEANS, LA—Adoption of compression-only CPR in Sweden in 2011 has significantly increased the likelihood that bystanders will step in to perform chest compressions for someone experiencing ...

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 ...

(CNN) — Survival rates for Black women are far worse after bystander CPR than for White men, according to a study published this month in the American Heart Association journal Circulation. The study ...