The risk of death to a patient with confirmed or suspected COVID-19 from withholding or delaying treatment for cardiac arrest is extremely high, says the AHA.

The AHA now says to put on PPE before performing CPR in patients with suspected or confirmed COVID-19 in cardiac arrest ...

In adults, compression-only CPR has been shown to be as effective as CPR with rescue breathing, so since 2010, the American Heart Association (AHA) and European Resuscitation Council (ERC) have ...

Bystander CPR with rescue breathing leads to better outcomes in pediatric cardiac arrest: Study Date: August 30, 2021 Source: Children's Hospital of Philadelphia Summary: When children and ...

The American Heart Association on Wednesday announced its new guidelines for cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR), with the recovery period following cardiac arrest ‒ when the heart abruptly ...

Pediatric CPR is a challenge in the hospital setting. Every year, more than 6,000 children have in-hospital cardiac arrest and most do not survive to discharge.

Children suffering out-of-hospital cardiac arrests from noncardiac causes were more likely to have a good outcome if they received bystander CPR with rescue breathing, according to a new study.

The AHA scientific advisory statement, which is labeled for the public as a "call to action for bystander response" and uses the terms "hands-only" and "compression-only" CPR interchangeably, was ...