The American Heart Association recently revised its CPR guidelines concerning the need for more chest compressions between mouth-to mouth-resuscitation attempts. The old standard of 15 compressions to ...

Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. When cardiac arrest occurs, every second counts—but, according to a new study out of the University of Pittsburgh, the ...

An Oklahoma City metro CPR training center that certifies 3,000 Oklahomans a year is doing its part in educating the community. Oklahoma City’s Heartland CPR said it takes an average of 8 minutes for ...

Many hospitalized patients overestimate their chance of surviving an in-hospital cardiac arrest and do not know what CPR really involves, a University of Iowa study has shown. The study further showed ...

A 7-year-old British girl is credited with saving her mother’s life with CPR after learning how to perform the emergency procedure by watching videos on YouTube. Early one November morning, Jessica ...