In space, every action becomes more complicated—and CPR is no exception. With no gravity to keep you grounded, astronauts ...

Houston 911 dispatchers began teaching a simpler procedure today to panicked callers trying to revive adults in cardiac arrest. In a reversal of long-standing policy here and around the nation, ...

This can be done by a frame with a piston, a more compact piston device, or a portable strap-on compression band. The goal was to see which of these methods could compress the simulated chest to a ...

NEW YORK (AP) -- You can skip the mouth-to-mouth breathing and just press on the chest to save a life. In a major change, the American Heart Association said Monday that hands-only CPR -- rapid, deep ...

From the familiar 100 to 120 compressions per minute on Earth to awkward handstands in space, CPR transforms in orbit. The ...

As humans begin to colonize space, it's inevitable that some will suffer a cardiac arrest. Space CPR conducted in weightlessness will be crucial to save their lives -- and researchers say they've now ...

CHICAGO (Reuters) - More people can survive a cardiac arrest when emergency medical workers use a new resuscitation method that starts with a round of 200 chest compressions before a defibrillator ...

BOYNTON BEACH, Florida -- The viral video of a 3-year-old performing CPR shows that it's never too early to learn the life-saving skills. Firefighter and paramedic Christopher Shell shared the video ...