Knowing the difference between a heart attack and a cardiac arrest could save a life. Do you know which one is which?

The Boys & Girls Clubs of MetroWest's Hudson Clubhouse is now equipped with new automated external defibrillators and staff ...

Chest-compression–only CPR is easier to teach ... recommend that untrained bystanders perform compression-only CPR for adults. Of note, compression-only CPR might not be appropriate for children ...

and the quality of both in-hospital and out-of-hospital CPR is sometimes poor. Mechanical devices have been developed with the aim of providing optimal chest compression. One such system ...

Research shows that with adults, hands-only CPR is almost as effective as CPR with the breaths. But if you do want to attempt them, you're going to do 30 chest compressions followed by two breaths.

What they found was all 20 mannequin models on the global market designed for adult CPR training ... pieces to performing CPR are hand placement, the depth of chest compressions, rate of chest ...

Local officials are considering purchasing devices, which would perform life-saving CPR on those facing cardiac arrest. The “Lucas Device” is a mechanical chest compression system that helps ...

Ryder Elkin saved his father by performing hands-only CPR. This week, the teenager helped his peers learn the technique.

Chest compressions are the priority in CPR ... They still need CPR- don’t wait until they stop breathing. Although CPR steps are same for adults and older children, the technique for babies ...

Every year, more than 350,000 people go into cardiac arrest outside of a hospital in the U.S. That means their heart stops beating. Only about 40% of them get CPR from a bystander.