The following article discusses medical procedures. On the fringes of each and every CES, there are products worthy of attention, even if they can’t be called “consumer electronics.” A prime example ...

Helping someone in cardiac arrest is not as daunting as it seems. By Gina Kolata Before 1958, there was no such thing as CPR. If someone’s heart stopped because of cardiac arrest, that person fell to ...

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 ...

As recent case histories surface, scientists debate whether a person can actually be awake and aware while cardiopulmonary resuscitation is performed on them. Share on Pinterest Cardiopulmonary ...

Shortly after his sixty-seventh birthday, Ernesto Chavez retired from his job at a Los Angeles food warehouse. Sara, his wife of forty-five years, told me that he meticulously took his medications for ...

The American Heart Association maintains a training center through a partnership with the University at Buffalo, Recreation Department. CPR, AED and First Aid Training is available to the UB community ...

The role of rescue breathing in cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) performed by a layperson is uncertain. We hypothesized that the dispatcher instructions to bystanders to provide chest compression ...

The primary purpose of the courses in the American Red Cross CPR/AED for Professional Rescuers program trains participants with the knowledge and skills needed to: Participants who successfully ...

When students in wilderness EMT Alice Henshaw's training courses grab practice dummies for CPR drills, they have their choice of a traditional, flat-chested training manikin or one that looks a little ...