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 ...

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.

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - People who suffer cardiac arrest - in which the heart stops beating - were less likely to die in subsequent years when bystanders performed cardiopulmonary resuscitation ...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - If you're uncomfortable giving mouth-to-mouth resuscitation, you may actually do a better job of cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) if you do less mouth-to-mouth, ...

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 ...

Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia researchers looked at data for rescue breathing vs. chest compression CPR for kids in cases of sudden cardiac arrest. A person participates in an American Red Cross ...

Sept. 18 -- WEDNESDAY, Sept. 16 (HealthDay News) -- If you see someone collapse and suspect they are in the middle of cardiac arrest, push on that person's chest and keep on pushing -- the more pushes ...

A biomedical engineer at Purdue University has developed a new method to perform cardiopulmonary resuscitation that promises to be more effective than standard CPR because it increases nourishing ...

When students in wilderness EMT Alice Henshaw's training courses grab practice dummies for CPR drills, they have their choice of a traditional, flat-chested training manikin or one that looks a little ...