Doing CPR right away can double or even triple a person’s chance of surviving cardiac arrest. Learn these CPR steps now so you know what to do if someone is experiencing a life-threatening emergency.

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Each year, 475,000 Americans die from cardiac arrest, an electrical malfunction in the heart that causes an irregular heartbeat and disrupts the flow of blood to the brain, lungs and other organs.

When someone suffers from cardiac arrest — an electrical malfunction in the heart that abruptly stops it from beating — knowing how to perform CPR can literally save their life. But more often than ...

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 ...

Voice assistants like Google Assistant, Siri and Alexa can help with things like the weather and recipes, but what about CPR? Perhaps not so much, a new report showed. Only 59% of voice assistant ...

We all know that CPR saves lives, and most people receive some training as part of their education, but could you actually resuscitate a real person in need? Dr. Edmond Hooker, professor of health ...

Cardiovascular disease is one of the most common causes of death for all ages. "Would you know what to do if a loved one or co-worker were to suffer a heart attack?" asked Russell Hubbard, spokesman ...

Children and infants have different needs than adults when it comes to cardiopulmonary resuscitation. Techniques that could save an adult’s life could cause more harm than good in a child. Children ...