Worldwide interest in CPR, also known as cardiopulmonary resuscitation, skyrocketed following Buffalo Bills player Damar Hamlin’s cardiac arrest during a game on Jan. 2, according to the American ...

When a person's breathing or heartbeat stops, cardiopulmonary resuscitation, or CPR, is an essential life-saving procedure. Rescue breaths and chest compressions are used to keep vital organs ...

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 ...

DALLAS (AP) - The American Heart Association has issued new guidelines when it comes to administering CPR. Rescuers are now being urged to start with hard, fast chest compressions before giving ...

Chest compression _ not mouth-to-mouth resuscitation _ seems to be the key in helping someone recover from cardiac arrest, according to new research that further bolsters advice from heart experts. A ...