The American Red Cross trains and certifies people in cardio pulmonary resuscitation, or CPR. The best method involves rescue breathing and chest compressions. Even if you aren’t sure about rescue ...
A public health campaign in Arizona advocating chest compression or hands-only CPR increased cardiac arrest survival rates and the number of citizens actually performing CPR, a new study shows. When ...
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 ...
The American Heart Association recently added Pearl Jam's "Evenflow" to our collective repertoire of songs with 100 to 120 ...
A high school student is standing in line at the store and suddenly the customer in front of him or her has a heart attack and collapses. What happens then? If the student is one of 5,000 New York ...
The American Heart Association, or the AHA, as it is often referred to, trains hundreds, if not thousands, of new instructors each year. This is my 49th year as an AHA instructor and to say things ...
People of a certain age know the Bee Gees’ “Stayin' Alive” as the right rhythm track not just for John Travolta’s strut, but also for anyone doing hands-only CPR. But decades later, Gen Z says it’s ...
SEVEN NEWS. KOAT HEALTH EXPERT DOCTOR BARRY RAMOS STARTED PROJECT HEART START ABOUT 15 YEARS AGO, TEACHING EVERYONE HOW TO DO HANDS-ONLY CPR. NOW, AS HE SHOWS US STUDENTS FROM THE UNM SCHOOL OF ...
The American Heart Association last week issued new CPR guidelines for healthcare workers as the COVID-19 pandemic heads into its third year. The new guidelines say healthcare workers who are ...
The first week of June – National CPR & AED Awareness Week, June 1-7— gives Puget Sound residents the chance to learn about saving lives in the event of sudden cardiac arrest. Free Hands-Only™ CPR ...
EXETER - Health care professionals hope a lesser known technique for cardiopulmonary resuscitation or CPR will encourage more laypeople to get involved in helping to save a life when an emergency ...