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. more A Japanese study found that ...

Tokyo, Japan - A new study has shown that for bystander cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR), the use of chest compressions alone without mouth-to-mouth ventilation is the preferable method for ...

We would all like to believe that in the event a stranger was experiencing cardiac arrest, we would not hesitate to act. However, recent statistics published in the Journal of the American Heart ...

Two large-scale studies published in the Dec. 18 issue of the American Heart Association’s medical journal, Circulation, report that the chances of surviving cardiac arrest are no better – and may be ...

Sudden cardiac arrest is a major public health problem worldwide and it is one of the leading causes of death in industrialized countries 1. Survival rates after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) ...

The American Heart Association says 911 callers unfamiliar with CPR should be instructed to use only chest compressions when dealing with heart-attack victims. The AHA came to that determination after ...

DALLAS — Chest compression-only CPR performed by bystanders — without rescue breathing — keeps more people alive with good brain function after having a sudden cardiac arrest, according to a Japanese ...

A study published March 17, 2007 in The Lancet, one of the world’s foremost medical journals, finds that the chances of surviving a cardiac arrest outside a hospital setting are almost twice as high ...

Pediatric resuscitation guidelines recommend continuous chest compression with asynchronized ventilation (CCaV) during cardiopulmonary resuscitation. We recently described that providing a constant ...

A randomized trial shows no difference in adult patient outcomes with the two approaches. A previous nonrandomized study showed improved outcomes from adult cardiac arrest with compression-only ...

High-quality cardiopulmonary resuscitation is extremely important for the survival of a victim of sudden cardiac arrest. Effective chest compressions revolve around proper compression depth, rate, ...