Reflecting evolving evidence, the recommendations for initial evaluation and stabilization after cardiac arrest, following ...

Compression-only CPR best for out-of-hospital cardiac arrest Unhappy with current variation in CPR quality, the AHA has released improved recommendations for performing the procedure. More than half a ...

GUILFORD, Conn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Defibtech's automated external defibrillators (AEDs) meet the American Heart Association's new "hands-only" CPR guidelines, the company announced today. Unlike many ...

Approximately 350,000 people in the U.S. experience an out-of-hospital cardiac arrest each year, and a staggering 90% of them do not survive. Doctors with the American Heart Association want to ...

A new study by the department of anaesthesiology at the Government Institute of Medical Sciences (GIMS), Greater Noida, has questioned the scientific basis of a fundamental step in cardiopulmonary ...

New long-term data support a strategy of chest-compression-only CPR for out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) for bystanders who are uncomfortable or untrained in giving rescue breathing. The latest ...