HealthDay News — Guidance has been updated for cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and emergency cardiovascular care, as presented in articles published online Oct. 22 in Circulation.

Michael Fraley breaks down what paramedics need to know about what’s changed — and what hasn’t — in the new resuscitation guidance ...

White adults are three times more likely to survive cardiac arrest after receiving bystander CPR than Black adults are, a new study found. Likewise, men are twice as likely to survive after bystander ...

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 ...

A child who receives bystander CPR within the first 5 minutes after a cardiac arrest is nearly twice as likely to survive ...

“Since 1966 the American Heart Association has been reviewing its guidelines every few years, it seems to be about every five ...

If someone went into cardiac arrest in front of you, would you know how to save them? That’s a question a local girl and the ...

Different than a heart attack, a cardiac arrest is a life-threatening medical emergency where the heart suddenly stops beating. If you're ever on hand when this happens, knowing how to do CPR can help ...

Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) performed within five minutes of a child's heart stopping nearly doubled their chances of survival, according to preliminary research to be presented at the ...