Individuals suffering from cardiac arrest who receive bystander-initiated CPR while waiting for an ambulance to arrive have higher survival rates, according to a recent study published in the American ...

Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) is a vital skill anyone can perform. It is administered to an unconscious person who is ...

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ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. – People who suffer cardiac arrest in Hispanic neighborhoods are 44% less likely to survive, a disparity often attributed to limited access to CPR training and bystander ...

June is CPR and AED Awareness Month. If you don’t know how to do CPR, now is a good time to learn. You never know when an emergency could happen. “There’s incredible data that delays in CPR will ...

WEAR is giving a salute to our military. Tonight we honor Corporal Fred Michael Gardner who served in the U.S. Army. He lost his life during the Vietnam War.He AHSAA considers public-private school ...

Starting CPR within the first 10 minutes of someone having a cardiac arrest at home or in public may greatly improve their chances for survival and protect their brain function, according to new ...

Cardiac arrest survival rates have risen significantly over the past two decades, even as overall incidence rates remain stable, according to a major new study from King County, Washington. The ...

TOPEKA, Kan. (WIBW) - American Medical Response (AMR) Topeka reports the cardiac arrest survival rate is nearly two times higher than the national average. As the nation observes National Emergency ...

Initiating CPR within the first five minutes after cardiac arrest can nearly double the chances of survival for children, according to preliminary research analyzing data for more than 10,000 children ...

May 5 -- MONDAY, May 4 (HealthDay News) -- With CPR, the more chest compressions the better, a new U.S. study suggests. Researchers found that when professional rescuers increased the number of ...

Survival rates were lowest for football (47%) and swimming (46%), which the researchers suggest could be attributable to the added time it takes for responders to begin CPR and use AEDs for such ...