Cardiopulmonary resuscitation, or CPR, is an emergency lifesaving technique that is used when a person's heart has stopped ...

"You don't learn CPR because you expect to use it," said Dr. Saket Girotra, a professor of medicine at UT Southwestern ...

When someone suffers from cardiac arrest—an electrical malfunction in your heart that abruptly stops it from beating—knowing how to perform CPR can literally save their life. But more often than not, ...

"Anyone can learn CPR - and everyone should!" proclaims the American Heart Association on its website. Because 70 percent of Americans do not know how to perform cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR), ...

JNS.org – EZ CPR, an Israeli smartphone app that was launched this week, provides instructions on how to perform CPR (cardiopulmonary resuscitation) in emergency situations. Eli Beer, president of the ...

A heart attack or cardiac arrest can happen anytime, anywhere, to anyone. When the heart stops beating properly, the brain and other organs stop getting oxygen, which can cause permanent damage or ...

Starting CPR quickly can save lives. Research suggests that how effectively chest compressions are performed could also ...

Sudden cardiac arrest is a scary thing, and not just for the person experiencing it. Imagine that someone collapses in front of you. They are desperately gasping for air or not breathing and their ...

Schools already rehearse fire drills and lockdown drills. Cardiac arrest is far more common, write Meng Yang and Dr. John Maa ...