When performing cardiopulmonary resuscitation in a hospital bed, getting into the bed or leaning on the bed optimizes the working position. In the hospital setting, working position such as lowering a ...

Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) instructions given over the phone by emergency dispatchers to lay rescuers should focus primarily on continuous chest compressions instead of the traditional ABC's ...

Objectives: Few studies have examined cardiopulmonary resuscitation for patients with congenital heart disease, although they are at a high risk of cardiac arrest. Therefore, this study investigated ...

These interventions can keep blood flowing to the brain until emergency medical assistance arrives.This article provides steps for performing CPR on an adult, child, or baby. It also describes how ...

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 ...

Baltimore, MD - In a small pilot study evaluating the feasibility of cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) administered in the prone position, investigators report "reverse" CPR generated higher mean ...

The chance that a person in cardiac arrest will survive increases when rescuers doing cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) spend more time giving chest compressions, according to a multi-center study ...

Interrupting chest compressions during resuscitation reduces the chances of heartbeat return after defibrillation. New research shows that for every second of a pause in compressions there is a one ...

Ardsley High School seniors Adeel and Amber Arif put their smartphones to especially good use recently when the twin siblings created the AHS CPR Simulator, a mobile-phone application, which will be ...

When you suffer sudden cardiac arrest — not a heart attack, but a rhythm malfunction that stops the heart and prevents it from pumping blood to your brain and organs — every moment counts. First ...