Moments can make a difference in saving a child’s life when they stop breathing. New guidelines for cardiopulmonary resuscitation, known as CPR, are intended to make the life-saving technique even ...

The change puts "the simplest step first" for traditional CPR, said Dr Michael Sayre, co-author of the guidelines issued by the American Heart Association. In recent years, CPR guidance has been ...

There’s a new order for CPR that spells C-A-B instead of A-B-C. The American Heart Association is re-arranging the ABCs of cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) in its 2010 American Heart Association ...

For many decades, many health, civic, and emergency groups have promoted cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) as a way to save life, even without a medical degree. Countless classes, books, and ...

DALLAS – New guidelines out Monday 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 ...

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 ...

The American Heart Association last week issued new CPR guidelines for healthcare workers as the COVID-19 pandemic heads into its third year. The new guidelines say healthcare workers who are ...

“Push hard, push fast” next time you give CPR to someone having cardiac arrest, say new, simpler guidelines in a radical departure from past advice. Putting the emphasis on chest compressions instead ...

A strong pair of hands, the courage to act decisively – and familiarity with 70s disco – may one day help you save a life. CPR, or cardiopulmonary resuscitation, has made headlines this year as ...

San Francisco -- Two of the three pillars of CPR -- opening a distressed person's airway and providing mouth-to-mouth breathing -- turn out to be not so essential when it comes to saving the life of ...