Sudden cardiac arrest is a scary thing, and not just for the person experiencing it. Imagine that someone collapses in front of you. They are desperately gasping for air or not breathing and their ...

Think you know how to perform CPR properly because you've seen it on TV? You probably don't, a new study has warned.

Despite outside declarations that disco is dead, the American Heart Association has resurrected a '70s hit, hoping it will save lives. This is National CPR and AED – automated external defibrillator – ...

Each year, 475,000 Americans die from cardiac arrest, an electrical malfunction in the heart that causes an irregular heartbeat and disrupts the flow of blood to the brain, lungs and other organs.

Under a 12-foot-tall pulsating heart at Houston's health museum, Regan Puckett instructs 5-year-old Liam Wyker and his 4-year-old brother Sean in the basics of CPR, beginning with the first in a ...

Extracorporeal cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) restores perfusion and oxygenation in a patient who does not have spontaneous circulation. The evidence with regard to the effect of extracorporeal ...