A recent study finds that the chances of surviving a cardiac arrest outside a hospital setting are twice as high if bystanders perform chest-compression-only resuscitation instead of traditional ...

When you go for a sick visit or your annual checkup at your doctor's office, they will likely listen to your chest through a stethoscope. Part of what they're listening for is the sounds your lungs ...

For adults who suddenly collapse, CPR is more effective if rescuers focus on chest compression over mouth-to-mouth ventilation. CPR stands for cardiopulmonary resuscitation. It's used on people whose ...

If your heart stops, you are in cardiac arrest. To resuscitate such a patients, chest compressions must be done as soon as possible. In an adult, the depth of compression is 2 to 2.4 inches. These ...

The role of rescue breathing in cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) performed by a layperson is uncertain. We hypothesized that the dispatcher instructions to bystanders to provide chest compression ...

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 ...

Editor’s note: This article is part of a special supplement, “EMS State of the Science: Important advances in prehospital cardiac care and resuscitation,” published in our sister publication JEMS. To ...

January 5, 2010 (Amsterdam, Netherlands) — Results from the ongoing Amsterdam Resuscitation Study (ARREST) showing a causal relationship between CPR chest compressions and ventricular fibrillation (VF ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Data from a cluster-randomized trial demonstrated that continuous chest compressions during CPR did not affect ...