Compression-only CPR best for out-of-hospital cardiac arrest Unhappy with current variation in CPR quality, the AHA has released improved recommendations for performing the procedure. More than half a ...

April 2, 2012 (Seattle, Washington) — The latest major cardiopulmonary-resuscitation (CPR) study from Seattle shows that chest compressions can save the lives of people in cardiac arrest even if their ...

New long-term data support a strategy of chest-compression-only CPR for out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) for bystanders who are uncomfortable or untrained in giving rescue breathing. The latest ...

A new study by the department of anaesthesiology at the Government Institute of Medical Sciences (GIMS), Greater Noida, has questioned the scientific basis of a fundamental step in cardiopulmonary ...

GUILFORD, Conn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Defibtech's automated external defibrillators (AEDs) meet the American Heart Association's new "hands-only" CPR guidelines, the company announced today. Unlike many ...

San Clemente lifeguards have five new public-access defibrillators to help save beachgoers who suffer sudden cardiac arrest. The devices donated Monday by HeartSine Technologies are an upgraded type ...