A new study by the department of anaesthesiology at the Government Institute of Medical Sciences (GIMS), Greater Noida, has questioned the scientific basis of a fundamental step in cardiopulmonary ...

Updated CPR guidelines urgently promoted as drowning risks increase with summer swim season. New protocols stress the importance of rescue breaths—learn how to keep your family safe.

Vermont Business Magazine CPR Therapeutics Inc. (CPR-T), a Putney, Vermont-based development-stage medical device company, announced today that it has received a $1.2M National Science Foundation (NSF ...

A new algorithm can help the rescuer give Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) effectively, finds a new study. This innovative method can help improve the quality of chest compressions. The ...

In the event of a cardiorespiratory arrest, two actions are crucial for the patient's survival: cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and defibrillation. CPR consists of rhythmically compressing the ...

THE CHANGING APPROACH TO CPR. The American Heart Association re-arranged the ABCs of cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) in its 2010 American Heart Association Guidelines for Cardiopulmonary ...

The 30-day survival adjusted OR for all time periods combined was higher in for standard CPR (aOR = 2.6; 95% CI, 2.4-2.9) and chest compression-only CPR (aOR = 2; 95% CI, 1.8-2.3) in comparison ...

OSHA’s guidelines on CPR training in the workplace are not very detailed and only require employees to be CPR-certified in certain cases. But OSHA can do more to encourage workplace certification.

A Disco Beat Isn't Enough For CPR ... Previous research had shown that listening to a song with a beat in line with American Heart Association guidelines of at least 100 chest compressions ...