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

CPR involves chest compressions and can also involve rescue breathing for a person in cardiac arrest. On Wednesday, first responders in Wheeling learned A.C.R., ...

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

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The City of Murrieta and the American Heart Association are providing CPR/AED classes for residents wanting to learn how to ...

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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 ...

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.

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.

It is as simple as calling 911 if you see a teen or adult suddenly collapse and then push hard and fast in the center of the chest at a rate of 100–120 beats per minute. Hands-Only CPR participants ...

He didn't move. I kept pushing on him. I went to feel his pulse, and I didn't feel anything," said Carsen Chapman, the teen who performed CPR. Chapman jumped into action when two cars collided on ...