Hands-only CPR is just two steps: call 911 when someone collapses, then start chest compressions. The AHA officially endorsed ...

While it’s probably common knowledge not to take medical information from television, a majority of shows keep getting one emergency technique wrong, according to a new study.

Most dramas show characters searching for pulse and giving breaths but experts say chest compressions on their own can save lives ...

TV depictions of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest may mislead viewers about who is most likely to need cardiopulmonary ...

Think you know how to perform CPR properly because you've seen it on TV? You probably don't, a new study has warned.

Scripted television often shows outdated CPR techniques for lay people, potentially fueling misconceptions that could delay ...

A Swedish review of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest data shows rates of bystander CPR nearly doubled; compression-only (or Hands-Only CPR) increased six-fold over an 18 year period; and the chance of ...

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 ...

A Wisconsin woman could have died three years ago had her husband not performed compression-only CPR. In hopes of saving more lives, Kay Kratochwill is working with WISC TV and St. Mary’s Hospital to ...

We would all like to believe that in the event a stranger was experiencing cardiac arrest, we would not hesitate to act. However, recent statistics published in the Journal of the American Heart ...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - People who suffer cardiac arrest - in which the heart stops beating - were less likely to die in subsequent years when bystanders performed cardiopulmonary resuscitation ...

In a Swedish study of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest, bystander CPR rates nearly doubled and compression-only, or Hands-Only CPR, rates increased six-fold over the 18-year review. Compression-only and ...