Someone suddenly collapsed? Know the essential first aid steps, hands-only CPR technique and common mistakes to avoid while ...

A manikin study finds that the widely used QCPR CPR scoring system is driven mainly by compression depth, varies with chest ...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KCTV)—Outside the hospital, it’s reported that 350,000 people have a heart attack each year, and CPR is literally a lifesaving guide in those moments. The American Heart Association ...

For the first time since 2020, the American Heart Association has updated its CPR guidelines, introducing several key changes. The new guidance includes updated recommendations for responding to ...

San Francisco -- Two of the three pillars of CPR -- opening a distressed person's airway and providing mouth-to-mouth breathing -- turn out to be not so essential when it comes to saving the life of ...

The change ditches the old "ABC" training--airway-breathing-compressions. That called for rescuers to give two breaths first, then alternate with 30 presses. Sayre said that approach took time and ...

New guidance on choking in conscious children and adults recommends alternating five back blows followed by five abdominal thrusts, until the object is expelled or the person becomes unresponsive.

The "2025 American Heart Association Guidelines for Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) and Emergency Cardiovascular Care (ECC)," published today in the journal, Circulation, marks the first full ...