Although guidelines are in place for the proper execution of cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR), it is not known how well the procedure is carried out in practice. Moreover, the CPR skills of trained ...

Lay responders recommended to include breaths when performing CPR on children and infants TORONTO, Oct. 22, 2025 /CNW/ - Today, Heart & Stroke released the latest five-year update to its Canadian ...

Reflecting evolving evidence, the recommendations for initial evaluation and stabilization after cardiac arrest, following ...

San Francisco -- Two of the three pillars of CPR -- opening a distressed person's airway and providing mouth-to-mouth breathing -- turn out to be not so essential when it comes to saving the life of ...

Hands-only cardiopulmonary resuscitation is recommended by the American Heart Association, but it may not be the best way to save lives if more sophisticated medical care is slow in coming, according ...

DALLAS — New guidelines out Monday switch up the steps for CPR, telling rescuers to start with hard, fast chest presses before giving mouth-to-mouth. The change puts "the simplest step first" for ...

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 ...

“Push hard, push fast” next time you give CPR to someone having cardiac arrest, say new, simpler guidelines in a radical departure from past advice. Putting the emphasis on chest compressions instead ...

DALLAS, October 21, 2020 --The recovery phase following cardiac arrest continues long after hospitalization and is now included as a key link in the Chain of Survival, a widely adopted series of ...