The American Heart Association recently revised its CPR guidelines concerning the need for more chest compressions between mouth-to mouth-resuscitation attempts. The old standard of 15 compressions to ...

Cardiopulmonary resuscitation, popularly known as CPR, is an emergency procedure that is performed when someone's heartbeat or breathing stops. Giving CPR on time can increase the chance of survival ...

The Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency and the Korean Association of Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation announced revised Korean CPR guidelines for the firs ...

Wake County offers free hands-only CPR training, emphasizing the importance of bystander skills for improved survival rates in cardiac events.

An Oklahoma City metro CPR training center that certifies 3,000 Oklahomans a year is doing its part in educating the community. Oklahoma City’s Heartland CPR said it takes an average of 8 minutes for ...

When cardiac arrest occurs, every second counts—but, according to a new study out of the University of Pittsburgh, the cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) techniques shown on television are misleading ...

Houston 911 dispatchers began teaching a simpler procedure today to panicked callers trying to revive adults in cardiac arrest. In a reversal of long-standing policy here and around the nation, ...

HBO's "The Pitt" is the most medically accurate show on TV, but actors have to "fake" CPR. Executive producer R. Scott Gemmill explains.