Don't fret about mouth-to-mouth. The average, untrained person can still save a life by focusing on chest compressions first. In fact, that's the recommendation of new guidelines from the American ...

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, ...

Compression-only CPR best for out-of-hospital cardiac arrest Compression-only CPR without mouth-to-mouth rescue breathing results in higher survival, more favorable neurological outcomes. HealthDay ...

Kevin J. Major drowned in Westfield's Congamond Lake on July 11, 2011. An autopsy revealed the 19-year-old hockey player and graduate of St. Mary's High School, in Westfield, had suffered a heart ...

Each year an average of 400,000 Americans suffer sudden cardiac arrest. That is over 1,000 each day, or 45 per hour. Would you know what do if you were near someone whose heart suddenly stopped ...

ROGERS — A program sponsored by the Rogers Fire Department may help save lives. Firefighters set a goal to train 5,000 Rogers residents in compression-only CPR during May, officials said. Department ...

Countless lives have been saved by the standard CPR method of 15 chest compressions for every two rescue breaths. That technique still works, but now trainers are preparing to teach CPR in a way that ...

When a high school classmate collapsed, Adam West knew what to do. "We were talking and were the only people in the classroom," West -- now working at the Downtown YMCA -- remembers. "He lost ...

A recent study finds that the chances of surviving a cardiac arrest outside a hospital setting are twice as high if bystanders perform chest-compression-only resuscitation instead of traditional ...

A volunteer listens to instructions on proper CPR methods. The county’s COAD held a free CPR training this past weekend at Calvary Baptist Church Community Room where people were trained in adult and ...

Paramedics on Wednesday will be training the public in hands-only CPR around the Portland area. Hands-only CPR, or compression, is easier than mouth to mouth resuscitation, and is intended for ...