The guidelines for basic cardiopulmonary resuscitation are being changed to make rescue efforts simpler, more effective and easier to teach. Starting next year, the standard CPR course offered by ...

p<0.005 for all comparisons between the pre-2005 guidelines and post-2005 guidelines group. After adjustment for potential confounders, the post-2005-guidelines patients had a 50% better chance of ...

TORONTO, May 1,2013—Hands-only CPR (CPR without mouth-to-mouth resuscitation), may not be the best method for rural or remote areas or for anyone who has to wait more than a few minutes for an ...

San Francisco -- Two of the three pillars of CPR -- opening a distressed person's airway and providing mouth-to-mouth breathing -- turn out to be not so essential when it comes to saving the life ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio --The American Heart Association has updated guidelines to help both healthcare providers and bystanders who are not trained in CPR save the lives of cardiac arrest victims.

The American Heart Association last week issued new CPR guidelines for healthcare workers as the COVID-19 pandemic heads into its third year. The new guidelines say healthcare workers who are ...

For those of you inclined to administer CPR to someone in need, but put off by the idea of mouth-to-mouth resuscitation, here’s more affirmation that you can can help with chest compressions ...

New, simplified guidelines for resuscitating people whose hearts have suddenly stopped emphasize more and faster chest compressions and less breathing into their mouths. The revised CPR guidelines ...

A new report by researchers with the American Heart Association unveils updated CPR guidelines which take into account COVID-19’s more contagious variants.

The American Heart Association on Wednesday announced its new guidelines for cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR), with the recovery period following cardiac arrest ‒ when the heart abruptly ...

(NewMediaWire) - February 20, 2025 - DALLAS The American Heart Association, a global force devoted to changing the future of health for all, and Walgreens, one of the nation's largest community ...