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, ...

While the study provides unequivocal evidence that chest-compression-only resuscitation boosts survival rates for out-of-hospital cardiac arrest, Ewy points out that, for respiratory arrest such as ...

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 ...

Two large-scale studies report that the chances of surviving cardiac arrest are no better -- and may be worse -- when bystanders perform mouth-to-mouth breathing than if they press on the chest ...

TUCSON, Arizona — Adoption of chest-compressions-only resuscitation over traditional cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) for bystander intervention in out-of-hospital cardiac arrest dramatically ...

The application of chest compression-only CPR by a layperson bystander was associated with increased survival in patients experiencing out-of-hospital cardiac arrest, results from a new analysis ...

DALLAS – Sept. 29, 2009 – Maximizing the proportion of time spent performing chest compressions during cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) substantially improves survival in patients who suffer ...

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 ...

The CPR you know may not be the CPR that is now recommended. Gone are the days of pausing chest compressions to deliver deep breaths to someone who has collapsed. The American Heart Association now ...

PARIS, France — The short-term mortality benefit of using chest compressions only rather than chest compressions plus rescue breathing in the resuscitation of patients with out-of-hospital cardiac ...

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 ...