The proportion of bystanders (as opposed to emergency medical services) performing cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) on individuals experiencing out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) has steadily ...

Three recent studies have found that when untrained bystanders perform mouth-to-mouth resuscitation as part of CPR on people who are in cardiac arrest, it does not improve patient survival rates. In ...

Mouth-to-mouth CPR with chest compressions are still the priority when rescuing victims of drowning, according to a focused update of American resuscitation and emergency cardiovascular guidelines.

Associate Professor Janet Bray receives funding from a Heart Foundation of Australia Fellowship, and grants from the National Health and Medical Research Council and the Australian Resuscitation ...

All people who are pulled from the water after drowning should receive CPR with rescue breaths and chest compressions, according to updated guidance from the American Heart Association and the ...

The American Heart Association and Laerdal Medical renew public/private alliance to advance lifesaving solutions; aim to be catalyst for improving access to quality emergency care worldwide “We have ...