Approximately 350,000 people in the U.S. experience an out-of-hospital cardiac arrest each year and a staggering 90% of them ...

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 ...

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 ...

Cardiac arrest – the sudden loss of heart function due to an irregular heart rhythm – is a leading cause of death in the United States. When an individual suffers cardiac arrest, their survival ...

Cardiac arrest is defined as a sudden stop in heart function. Essentially, the pumping function of the heart is compromised, oftentimes due to a dangerous malfunction of the heart's electrical system.

Cardiac arrest occurs when the heart's electrical system abruptly malfunctions and stops the heart from pumping blood to the rest of the body, which results in loss of blood to the brain, lungs and ...

The year 2010 marks the 50th anniversary of the introduction of cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR). During these past 50 years, tremendous research has been conducted to evaluate techniques, ...

CPR guidelines for children call for cycles of 30 chest compressions at 100 to 120 compressions per minute, followed by two breaths, researchers said. For the new study, researchers reviewed data for ...