DALLAS - New guidelines out today switch up the steps for CPR, telling rescuers to start with hard, fast chest presses before giving mouth-to-mouth. The change puts "the simplest step first" for ...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KCTV)—Outside the hospital, it’s reported that 350,000 people have a heart attack each year, and CPR is literally a lifesaving guide in those moments. The American Heart Association ...

The American Heart Association and American Academy of Pediatrics urge public awareness, as drowning remains a leading cause of death in children. As swim season ramps up, the American Heart ...

Drowning is the number one cause of death for children ages 1 to 4. CPR can be lifesaving and now, experts have updated the guidelines on how to perform it for drowning victims. What happened to ...

Over the last 40 years, the American Heart Association (AHA) has promoted the ABCs (Airway-Breathing-Chest Compressions) of CPR. 2010 guidelines released in October, however, reordered the sequence to ...

In an emergency, it's *** set of life saving recommendations that empower *** person to take action when every second counts. This week, the American Heart Association released updated recommendations ...

From providing potentially life-saving care during a cardiac arrest to helping a person who's choking or overdosing on opioids, the American Heart Association's CPR guidelines are meant to help ...

The new guidelines call for 911 operators to be trained to provide easy-to-follow CPR instructions by phone. The heart association also offers new guidance to professionals, calling for cooling down ...