I went to one of the “Great Days of CPR” 30-minute CPR training sessions held last week by the Central Virginia CPR Council. I didn’t know that bystander CPR guidelines no longer include checking for ...

The sooner a lay rescuer (bystander) starts cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) on a person having a cardiac arrest at home or in public, up to 10 minutes after the arrest, the better the chances of ...

The year 2010 marks the 50th anniversary of the introduction of cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR). During these past 50 years, tremendous research has been conducted to evaluate techniques, ...

ADA — Lima Memorial Health System will provide emergency training for bystanders who want to learn how to administer CPR or use an automated external defibrillator at 10 a.m. Tuesday, April 22, at ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Bystander CPR up to 10 minutes after a cardiac arrest can improve survival odds and brain function. Odds of ...

An app that alerts bystanders trained in cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) to a nearby out-of-hospital cardiac arrest can increase survival if volunteer responders arrive before emergency medical ...

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A new study by local academics and emergency medical services found Baltimore City bystanders are less likely to provide CPR than those in Maryland and the rest of the country. The study was a “rapid ...

Three recent studies have found that when untrained bystanders perform mouth-to-mouth resuscitation as part of CPR on people who are in cardiac arrest, it does not improve patient survival rates. In ...