Worldwide interest in CPR, also known as cardiopulmonary resuscitation, skyrocketed following Buffalo Bills player Damar Hamlin’s cardiac arrest during a game on Jan. 2, according to the American ...

WE'VE ALL SEEN the tension-filled movie scenes where somebody collapses and another person comes rushing in and starts performing CPR. What's not always shown, however, is one key step, like grabbing ...

WILMINGTON, N.C. (WECT) - More than 300,000 people suffer a cardiac arrest every year in this country, and 90% are fatal. “Sudden cardiac arrest is a major killer in the United States,” said James ...

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.

heart attack victim's chances of survival go up markedly if someone begins chest compressions within 30 seconds, according to recent research. The Grand Junction Fire Department is working to increase ...

Countless lives have been saved by the standard CPR method of 15 chest compressions for every two rescue breaths. That technique still works, but now trainers are preparing to teach CPR in a way that ...

KNOW HOW TO DO CPR AND IT COULD SAVE SOMEBODY’S LIFE. SAW A GENTLEMAN TRYING TO DO CPR. BUT EVEN AS I WAS DRIVING PAST, I COULD TELL THAT THE COMPRESSIONS WERE TOO SHALLOW. TARA ALI, A CARDIOLOGY ...

Here we are already into the February calendar. With the prognostications of the groundhog behind us, be that as it may, there are other celebrations that loom ahead. Of course Feb. 14 is Valentine’s ...

One year ago, longtime Eagle County resident Steve Beairsto went into sudden cardiac arrest at the gym. His daughter, Jenna Beairsto, who was working out nearby, started performing chest compressions, ...

New research has found that a type of automatic chest compression is more effective to carry out CPR in space than the ‘handstand method’ that is currently recommended in emergency protocols for ...