HealthDay News — Guidance has been updated for cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and emergency cardiovascular care, as presented in articles published online Oct. 22 in Circulation.

White adults are three times more likely to survive cardiac arrest after receiving bystander CPR than Black adults are, a new study found. Likewise, men are twice as likely to survive after bystander ...

If someone went into cardiac arrest in front of you, would you know how to save them? That’s a question a local girl and the ...

Black and Hispanic adults who go into cardiac arrest in public are less likely to receive CPR from anyone standing by before a medical team arrives, a new study finds. Black and Hispanic adults who go ...

A child who receives bystander CPR within the first 5 minutes after a cardiac arrest is nearly twice as likely to survive ...

FIRST AID CLASS, day-long course includes adult, infant and child CPR, basic first aid and new training for automated external defibrillators, 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Oct. 13, Nov. 10 or Dec. 8, Fauquier ...

The heart beats rhythmically, and so does a metronome. So it makes sense that a metronome, typically used by musicians to help keep a steady beat, could help medical professionals restart a heart. For ...

Different than a heart attack, a cardiac arrest is a life-threatening medical emergency where the heart suddenly stops beating. If you're ever on hand when this happens, knowing how to do CPR can help ...