The global incidence of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest is 213.1 (SD ± 177) per 100 000 population. 1 More than 20 000 people have out-of-hospital cardiac arrest each year in Canada, where ...

People who suffer cardiac arrest - in which the heart stops beating - were less likely to die in subsequent years when bystanders performed cardiopulmonary resuscitation using chest compressions only, ...

We don't b elieve that one is necessarily better than the other. The evidence that we have now seems to suggest that they are equivalent for this group of patients: adults who suddenly collapse. The ...

Don't fret about mouth-to-mouth. The average, untrained person can still save a life by focusing on chest compressions first. In fact, that's the recommendation of new guidelines from the American ...

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. A ...

Simply put, cardiopulmonary resuscitation saves lives — about 92,000 each year in the United States. The key is knowing when it is needed and how it is done. About 92 percent of sudden cardiac arrest ...

DEAR MAYO CLINIC: What is continuous cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR)? Does it replace the CPR I learned years ago? ANSWER: Continuous cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR), known as compression-only ...

Thirteen year olds can perform cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) as well as adults, finds a new study. The authors suggest that children as young as nine years old should be taught CPR skills ...

A meta-analysis demonstrates that dispatcher-assisted chest-compression–only cardiopulmonary resuscitation increases survival compared with traditional CPR in adults with witnessed out-of-hospital ...

Worldwide interest in CPR, also known as cardiopulmonary resuscitation, skyrocketed following Buffalo Bills player Damar Hamlin’s cardiac arrest during a game on Jan. 2, according to the American ...

The American Heart Association last week issued new CPR guidelines for healthcare workers as the COVID-19 pandemic heads into its third year. The new guidelines say healthcare workers who are ...