A doctor “pretending” to do CPR on a patient might seem like an open-and-shut case of malpractice. But some medical ...

Michael Fraley breaks down what paramedics need to know about what’s changed — and what hasn’t — in the new resuscitation guidance ...

Knowing CPR and be able to use an AED can be the difference of life and death. CPR stands for cardiopulmonary resuscitation and AED stands for automatic external defibrillator. At our Rowan-Cabarrus ...

Recently, I wrote about the dark side of CPR. Despite a common misperception that CPR can rescue almost anyone from the brink of death, most people that receive it don't survive. Of those that do, ...

A medical emergency became a life-saving assignment for a new employee at Stuff Etc in Waterloo.Brittany Strew was working ...

A Tennessee police officer went above and beyond the call of duty after performing emergency CPR on a baby that was moments away from death, as seen in a dramatic viral video. “Just don’t be the one ...

A Des Moines woman credits CPR and a LUCAS device for saving her life after cardiac arrest. She now shares her story as the American Heart Association updates CPR recommendations.

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Paging script-writers: Pumping on a patient's chest during CPR while a stretcher careens down a hospital hallway works just fine, Chinese researchers have found. By ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . A person’s chance of survival after in-hospital cardiac arrest decreases with CPR duration. The data could help ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . For patients with out-of-hospital cardiac arrest, bystander CPR improved survival to hospital discharge. The ...

When it comes to cardiac arrest management, the guidelines say the most definitive treatment is high-quality chest compressions and early defibrillation. This is nothing new. So where does this ...

What is "fake" CPR, and why do doctors sometimes do it? STAT's Alex Hogan explains in this week's episode of STATus Report.