NEW YORK (AP) -- You can skip the mouth-to-mouth breathing and just press on the chest to save a life. In a major change, the American Heart Association said Monday that hands-only CPR -- rapid, deep ...

DALLAS — New guidelines out Monday 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 ...

April 17, 2006 — Editor's Note: Cardiocerebral resuscitation (CCR) — employing chest compressions but no ventilations — improves survival of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest, according to the results of ...

October 20, 2010 — Chest compressions should be the first step in addressing cardiac arrest. Therefore, the American Heart Association (AHA) now recommends that the A-B-Cs ...

A 10-year-old boy from Tamworth is teaching adults life-saving procedures, including CPR and defibrillator use. Jack Dawson developed an interest in first aid at just two years old and now runs ...