Patients experiencing non-trauma–related cardiac arrest derive no added protection against death or neurological damage when emergency medical services (EMS) providers use continuous chest ...

Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) instructions given over the phone by emergency dispatchers to lay rescuers should focus primarily on continuous chest compressions instead of the traditional ABC's ...

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 ...

TUCSON, Ariz. – The chance of surviving a cardiac arrest outside a hospital was found to be twice as high when bystanders performed continuous chest compressions without mouth-to-mouth breathing than ...

TUCSON, Ariz. — Victims of cardiac arrest were twice as likely to survive when given continuous chest compressions by bystanders, according to a study released Sunday by two Arizona researchers. Those ...

Community West Foundation, in partnership with Cleveland Clinic Fairview Hospital, awarded a grant to the Avon Lake Fire ...

Two large-scale studies published in the Dec. 18 issue of the American Heart Association’s medical journal, Circulation, report that the chances of surviving cardiac arrest are no better – and may be ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . The FDA designated Defibtech’s recall of its automated continuous chest compression device as class I, the most ...

First responder Sam Shreves, firefighter/EMT Todd Martin, Capt./EMT John Davis and firefighter/first responder Tyler Gates, members of the Lubeck VFD, are simulating a cardiac arrest using a mannequin ...

One tool, the video laryngoscope, helps crews easily navigate a tube to secure an airway and provide oxygen quickly and efficiently The department also purchased a machine for conducting continuous ...