June marked National CPR and AED Awareness Month, and with heart disease remaining the leading cause of death in the United ...

Living with a chronic medical condition after surviving a heart attack or stroke may come with additional health and personal care needs. Often survivors must rely on a family member or close friend ...

In his 20 years of practicing emergency medicine, Dr. David Newman says, he remembers every patient who has walked out of his hospital alive after receiving CPR. It’s not because Newman has an ...

The long-held method of administering CPR will end Friday withthe introduction of a new procedure intended to save preciousseconds in emergencies by beginning the life-saving proceduresooner. Medical ...

About 100 beats per minute is the recommended rate for chest compressions during cardiopulmonary resuscitation, a procedure ...

A 7-year-old British girl is credited with saving her mother’s life with CPR after learning how to perform the emergency procedure by watching videos on YouTube. Early one November morning, Jessica ...