The global incidence of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest is 213.1 (SD ± 177) per 100 000 population. 1 More than 20 000 people have out-of-hospital cardiac arrest each year in Canada, where ...

People who suffer cardiac arrest - in which the heart stops beating - were less likely to die in subsequent years when bystanders performed cardiopulmonary resuscitation using chest compressions only, ...

Thirteen year olds can perform cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) as well as adults, finds a new study. The authors suggest that children as young as nine years old should be taught CPR skills ...

We don't b elieve that one is necessarily better than the other. The evidence that we have now seems to suggest that they are equivalent for this group of patients: adults who suddenly collapse. The ...

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.

Chest compressions alone, or Hands-Only Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR), can save lives and can be used to help an adult who suddenly collapses, according to a new American Heart Association ...

Thirteen year olds can perform cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) as well as adults, finds a study published on bmj.com today. The authors suggest that children as young as nine years old should be ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. CPR, especially when done immediately, can double or triple a person’s survival chances. (Getty Images) According to the AHA, ...

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 that ...