The American Heart Association on Monday announced a major change in its CPR guidelines, saying bystanders who perform chest compression on cardiac-arrest victims don't need to do mouth-to-mouth ...

October 26, 2007 (Chicago) -- Residents and interns are likely to overestimate how much time actually passes during cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR), investigators reported here this week at CHEST ...

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Fear of harming someone experiencing a medical emergency is the most common reason bystanders are hesitant to initiate CPR, according to a study published in the Emergency Medical Journal. For the ...

People can survive cardiac arrest if they receive only chest compressions during attempts to revive them -- as advised by the current American Heart Association guidelines. But they cannot survive ...

Lifeguards who oversee open waters, such as oceans and lakes, may be able to deliver CPR effectively in a moving inflatable boat, according to a small study in Spain. Surf-lifeguards provided the best ...

Background Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) causes significant stress for the rescuers which may cause deficiencies in attention and increase distractibility. This may lead to misjudgements of ...

An 87-year-old woman died at a California senior living facility after a nurse refused to administer CPR, saying it was against her company’s policy to perform CPR on residents. A spokesman for the ...

The automated CPR devices market is anticipated to grow rapidly with a 11% CAGR in the period of assessment between 2015 and 2025.Fears over the spread of coronavirus spread with the practice of ...