Chest compressions should now come first when performing cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR), according to new American Heart Association guidelines released today. Compressions should be followed by ...

MinnPost’s reporting is free every single day, but it isn’t free to produce. Join 4,800 members with a donation right now. If you’ve ever completed a course in cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR), you ...

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 ...

WEST UNION, Iowa (KCRG) - First responders and hospitals in Fayette County received new CPR machines as a part of a $500,000.

VOLUNTOWN — The Voluntown Volunteer Fire Company is one of the few departments in the region with a new CPR machine to automate the chest compression process. Assistant Fire Chief Art Ivanick said the ...

Chest compression -- not mouth-to-mouth resuscitation -- seems to be the key in helping someone recover from cardiac arrest, according to new research that further bolsters advice from heart experts.

Well, when it comes to delivering more effective CPR (cardiopulmonary resuscitation)—CPR that can save lives—results from a new study in the journal, Resuscitation, point to data indicating that ...

The chance that a person in cardiac arrest will survive increases when rescuers doing cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) spend more time giving chest compressions, according to a multi-center study.

Firefighting officials in Lake County may not keep statistics on how more lives are saved by the use of chest compression machines, but they agree once they started using them the number of people ...

When it comes to cardiac arrest management, the guidelines say the most definitive treatment is high-quality chest compressions and early defibrillation. This is nothing new. So where does this ...