He did that for 13 minutes until the medics arrived." While en route to the hospital, paramedics used a mechanical CPR device ...

CPR can be brutal and ineffective for people clearly at the end of life, but families often insist on it anyway. How should ...

Knowing how to perform CPR can mean the difference between life and death, according to Wendy Weisner, a CPR instructor with ...

What is "fake" CPR, and why do doctors sometimes do it? STAT's Alex Hogan explains in this week's episode of STATus Report.

Chest compression -- not mouth-to-mouth resuscitation -- seems to be the key in helping someone recover from cardiac arrest, according to new research that further bolsters advice from heart experts.

New guidelines out today 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 traditional ...

CPR’s mouth-to-mouth resuscitation and chest compressions have saved countless lives, but the chest pumps alone may be just as effective during medical emergencies. A Japanese study found that people ...

WEST UNION, Iowa (KCRG) - First responders and hospitals in Fayette County received new CPR machines as a part of a $500,000.

Nichols kept up chest compressions, as Bounds said, “I think I feel her breath. I feel her breathing.” The infant could be ...

Researchers at a cardiology conference in Madrid detailed a new, more effective CPR method for astronauts to use for emergencies in weightless environments. File Photo by Joe Marino/UPI As humans ...