This study evaluated the optimal cardiac compression position in subjects with a single ventricle. The optimal site of cardiac compression was determined to be 5–25% of the lower sternum. This level ...

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 ...

CPR’s mouth-to-mouth resuscitation and chest compressions have saved countless lives, but the chest pumps alone may be just as effective during medical emergencies. more A Japanese study found that ...

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 ...

Emergencies involving children rarely come with warning signs. A child can stop breathing or lose consciousness in seconds, ...

When performing cardiopulmonary resuscitation in a hospital bed, getting into the bed or leaning on the bed optimizes the working position. In the hospital setting, working position such as lowering a ...

When people hear the term CPR, they often envision a mouth-to-mouth procedure, combined with applied pressure on the chest.

The chance that a person in cardiac arrest will survive increases when rescuers doing cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) spend more time giving chest compressions, according to a multi-center study ...

The American Heart Association has created a video promoting Hands-Only CPR and posted it on YouTube. If you’ve ever completed a course in cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR), you may wonder if you’d ...

A biomedical engineer at Purdue University has developed a new method to perform cardiopulmonary resuscitation that promises to be more effective than standard CPR because it increases nourishing ...

Objectives: Few studies have examined cardiopulmonary resuscitation for patients with congenital heart disease, although they are at a high risk of cardiac arrest. Therefore, this study investigated ...