“Since 1966 the American Heart Association has been reviewing its guidelines every few years, it seems to be about every five ...

Before we get into how to correctly perform CPR, it is important to know what CPR is? CPR stands for Cardiopulmonary ...

CINDY ELLEN RUSSELL / [email protected] CPR survivor John Seth demonstrates the American Heart Association’s updated CPR procedure, which simplifies the technique by doing away with mouth-to ...

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.

Cardiac arrest may be reversed if CPR (cardiopulmonary resuscitation) is performed and a defibrillator is used within minutes to shock the heart and restore a normal heart rhythm. Hands-only CPR is ...

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 ...