Hands-only CPR is just two steps: call 911 when someone collapses, then start chest compressions. The AHA officially endorsed ...

Most dramas show characters searching for pulse and giving breaths but experts say chest compressions on their own can save lives ...

Think you know how to perform CPR properly because you've seen it on TV? You probably don't, a new study has warned.

CPR’s mouth-to-mouth resuscitation and chest compressions have saved countless lives, but the chest pumps alone may be just as effective during medical emergencies. A Japanese study found that people ...

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.

A public health campaign in Arizona advocating chest compression or hands-only CPR increased cardiac arrest survival rates and the number of citizens actually performing CPR, a new study shows. When ...

A new study has recommended that untrained bystanders who try to resuscitate cardiac arrest patients skip the mouth-to-mouth altogether and focus on the chest compressions. The study, published in the ...

A Wisconsin woman could have died three years ago had her husband not performed compression-only CPR. In hopes of saving more lives, Kay Kratochwill is working with WISC TV and St. Mary’s Hospital to ...

Chest compression -- not mouth-to-mouth resuscitation -- seems to be the key in helping someone recover from cardiac arrest, according to new research that further bolsters advice from heart experts.

Those interested in learning CPR are in luck in Clackamas County. American Medical Response, the county's emergency medical services provider, is providing compression-only CPR training in Happy ...

Sudden cardiac arrest kills 1,000 people a day in the United States, or roughly one person every two minutes. Would you know what to do if you saw someone collapse in front of you? Columbus Community ...