A new CPR protocol established in Pennsylvania this year will more than double cardiac arrest survival rates, medical and emergency professionals say. According to Kait Gillis, deputy press secretary ...

Dispatcher-assisted cardiopulmonary resuscitation (DA-CPR) attempts to improve the management of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest by laypersons who are unable to recognize cardiac arrest and are ...

Background—Dispatcher-assisted cardiopulmonary resuscitation (DA-CPR) attempts to improve the management of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest by laypersons who are unable to recognize cardiac arrest and ...

November 4, 2008 (Chicago, IL) — Significantly more adult patients with cardiac arrest had their heartbeats restored by emergency-medical service (EMS) personnel in Los Angeles after adoption of ...

Overturning a century of conventional medical wisdom, Japanese researchers reported Thursday that simple chest compressions without mouth-to-mouth ventilation saves twice as many heart attack victims ...

You don't have to check for a pulse before administering CPR to an adult any more, there are now 30 compressions to every two breaths, and rescue breathing is only done in conjunction with CPR. These ...

WARWICK, R.I. — Not too long ago, Fire Lt. Henrik Dunlaevy and emergency medical services personnel came to the rescue of a young man who went into cardiac arrest. They performed CPR and the young man ...