Drowning is the number one cause of death for children ages 1 to 4. CPR can be lifesaving and now, experts have updated the guidelines on how to perform it for drowning victims. What happened to ...

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 ...

Children and infants have different needs than adults when it comes to cardiopulmonary resuscitation. Techniques that could save an adult’s life could cause more harm than good in a child. Children ...

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, or cardiopulmonary resuscitation, is a critical emergency technique that can restore blood flow and oxygenation to the body when someone’s heart stops beating or they stop breathing normally. It ...

Rescue breathing is a type of first aid that’s given to people who have stopped breathing. During rescue breathing, you blow air into a person’s mouth to supply them with vital oxygen. Rescue ...