Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) is a vital skill anyone can perform. It is administered to an unconscious person who is ...

Giving adrenaline to hospital patients whose heart has stopped is very effective, and can increase the chance of bringing ...

If you’re alone with a child or baby who is unresponsive and not breathing (or only gasping), call 911 after you’ve done 2 minutes of cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR). If someone else is present, ...

These interventions can keep blood flowing to the brain until emergency medical assistance arrives.This article provides steps for performing CPR on an adult, child, or baby. It also describes how ...

Cardiac arrest, which often leads to a heart attack, is frighteningly common: every minute of every day there is another victim, according to the American Red Cross. Almost 80% of cardiac arrests ...

Am J Health Syst Pharm. 2008;65(24):2337-2346. While both animal and human data suggest that a protocol incorporating CPR before defibrillation will improve survival in certain circumstances, the most ...

The keys to effective resuscitation in the hospital setting include effective compression and early defibrillation, a hospitalist told colleagues. She also urged them to consider mechanical piston ...

The John Hopkins Children's Center approach to cardiopulmonary resuscitation increases compliance with American Heart Association guidelines. A new approach to cardiopulmonary resuscitation is helping ...

On Saturday, Christian Eriksen suffered a cardiac arrest. The swift intervention of Simon Kjaer and the medical staff saved his life. "[Eriksen] was gone," Denmark's team doctor Morten Boesen said.

(Reuters Health) - When a bystander gives CPR or applies an automatic defibrillator to someone who has collapsed from cardiac arrest, the benefits persist for at least a year. A Danish study has ...