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 ...

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.

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 ...

Hands-only CPR is somehow not the norm in scripted television ...

Microgravity makes it tricky to do simple tasks like eating, using the toilet and showering, so it is no wonder that performing CPR on someone whose heart stops beating in space is an extremely ...

The more compressions the better when it comes to CPR. A new study finds survival rates are higher when rescuers used morechest compressions with little interruptions. The current American Heart ...

Most dramas show characters searching for pulse and giving breaths but experts say chest compressions on their own can save lives Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) is a dramatic intervention, but ...

Checking for a pulse and giving rescue breaths are just some of the ways TV inaccurately depicts CPR for sudden cardiac ...

More than 800 Grand Rapids Public Schools students will learn hands-only CPR this year with the help of new kits provided by ...

New advice on how best to perform cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) suggests doubling the number of chest compressions, Australian emergency medicine experts say. This should mean more sustained ...