The American Heart Association recently added Pearl Jam's "Evenflow" to our collective repertoire of songs with 100 to 120 ...

There is yet more evidence showing that a simpler and easier way to perform CPR — using chest compressions only — saves lives just as well as traditional CPR and its mouth-to-mouth breathing. As a ...

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 ...

The American Heart Association, or the AHA, as it is often referred to, trains hundreds, if not thousands, of new instructors each year. This is my 49th year as an AHA instructor and to say things ...

Certified instructors taught non-clinical staff the emergency live-saving procedure of hands-only CPR during the Hands-Only CPR challenge at Greenwich Hospital Thursday. More than 200 employees took ...

SMYRNA, Tenn. (WTVF) — Every fifth grader in Rutherford County Schools will end the school year knowing how to do hands-only CPR. Students at Smyrna Primary School got the hands-on health lesson on ...

LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- Sudden Cardiac arrest kills up to 450,000 Americans every year. Only 40% of people who suffer one receive CPR. Now, one ambitious Los Angeles County health campaign is hoping to ...

Resuscitation breaths are still taught in accredited CPR training courses CPR is an essential lifesaving technique, but which one is best? Experts explain the two main CPR techniques and which to use ...

These interventions can keep blood flowing to the brain until emergency medical assistance arrives.This article provides steps for performing CPR on an adult, child, or baby. It also describes how ...

Three recent studies have found that when untrained bystanders perform mouth-to-mouth resuscitation as part of CPR on people who are in cardiac arrest, it does not improve patient survival rates. In ...