Bystander cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) is known to improve the survival chances of individuals who experience out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA); however, many OHCA witnesses do not attempt ...

DENVER (CBS4) - It's well known CPR can help save lives. "Hands-only" CPR is simpler than ever, but many people won't even try it. Now a new study shows just a one minute long video can motivate ...

DALLAS — Too busy to take a four-hour CPR course? New research shows the lifesaving procedure can be effectively taught in a little more than 20 minutes. The finding, presented Sunday at an American ...

March 8, 2011 (Phoenix, Arizona) — Even the simplest cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) training may be enough to increase bystander CPR rates for patients in cardiac arrest outside the hospital, ...

Burnsville is trying train 6,000 people to combat cardiac arrest — one person in every 10 in town. But it's falling well short, and extending the effort past the initial deadline. The three-year ...

None of the Los Angeles Police Department's officers have had refresher training in first-aid or CPR delivery, even though they are up-to-date on weapons-handling and driving techniques, according to ...

CPR education is lacking, and more people would survive cardiac arrest if shortcomings were addressed, the American Heart Association (AHA) said in its journal Circulation. Standardized training, both ...

A barber is being credited with saving the life of an 80-year-old customer who had a heart attack after a haircut. Archie Whitton had asked his Kokomo barber, Jeff Smith, if he could use an outdoor ...

Patients receiving dialysis have higher rates of cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and worse long-term survival after discharge than other patients, according to a national cohort study published ...