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Other new recommendations include giving chest compressions faster than before (at least 100 times a minute), pushing at least 2 inches deep into the chest in adults and 1.5 inches in infants ...

Well, when it comes to delivering more effective CPR (cardiopulmonary resuscitation)—CPR that can save lives—results from a new study in the journal, Resuscitation, point to data indicating ...

The American Heart Association has issued new CPR guidelines, recommending that when attempting life-saving efforts for adults and children, start with chest compressions—"push hard and fast ...

How to perform CPR on teens and adults. ... “Using your body weight and not just your arms, with your shoulders directly over your hands, start doing chest compressions,” he says.

That builds on previous research that found no short-term survival differences in adult victims given compression-only CPR instead of the standard kind, which includes mouth-to-mouth resuscitation.

In the case of an adult who is observed to collapse suddenly, the recommendation is to call 911 and perform chest-compression-only CPR if the rescuer is: A bystander without CPR training.

By Valerie Melton [email protected] We would all like to believe that in the event a stranger was experiencing cardiac arrest, we would not hesitate to act. However, recent statistics published ...

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.

Following the taping of Monday’s episode, “Matters of the Heart,” Dr. Phil audience members were given a hands-only teen/adult CPR demonstration by an American Heart Association Community ...

In only one minute, you can learn how to save a life. It’s worth your time, because 70 percent of all out-of-hospital cardiac arrests happen at home, so the life you save is likely to be some… ...

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