(Medical Xpress)—Many children with chronic disease or serious health conditions are at risk of cardiac arrest. Teaching their parents to perform cardiopulmonary resuscitation can save kids' lives and ...

According to latest changes made to CPR guidelines rescuers need to start with hard, fast chest presses before giving mouth-to-mouth. The change is termed as “the simplest step first” for traditional ...

If you want to do more, you can also learn the conventional CPR performed by medical experts. But remember that it is not a replacement for available medical help We have all heard of the term CPR or ...

Researchers have found that a user-friendly, 30-minute, video-based cardiopulmonary resuscitation training session is just as effective as the traditional three- to four-hour course in teaching basic ...

In a recent study published in JAMA Network Open, researchers described a comparative evaluation of four different voice assistants (VAs) for their ability to provide appropriate cardiopulmonary ...

Well, when it comes to delivering more effective CPR (cardiopulmonary resuscitation)—CPR that can save lives—results from a new study in the journal, Resuscitation, point to data indicating that ...

This type of CPR is not considered to be superior to manual CPR in normal conditions but has been proven to be effective when chest compressions are challenging. Three types of automatic chest ...

The success of CPR is vastly overrated by patients, a new study suggests. Not only does the general public consider CPR more effective than it really is, they tend to discount the negative effect it ...

A Czech study found that mouth-to-mouth ventilation through a breathable respirator was effective more than 90% of the time during the pandemic. New findings set to be presented at the Euroanaesthesia ...