The ventilation technique, also known as rescue breathing, commonly used during cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) for people with cardiac arrest is often performed poorly by professional emergency ...

Dallas, TX - A new study has identified a tendency by emergency medical services (EMS) personnel to hyperventilate patients during cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest ...

Emergency medical dispatchers give instructions on how to perform cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) over the telephone to callers requesting help for a patient with suspected cardiac arrest, before ...

People can survive cardiac arrest if they receive only chest compressions during attempts to revive them -- as advised by the current American Heart Association guidelines. But they cannot survive ...

The heart has an internal electrical system that controls the rhythm of the heart. A problem in this system may cause a cardiac arrest. It may cause the heart to stop pumping blood to the brain and ...

EXETER - Health care professionals hope a lesser known technique for cardiopulmonary resuscitation or CPR will encourage more laypeople to get involved in helping to save a life when an emergency ...