The rates in which nursing home staff perform CPR or use an automated external defibrillator on out-of-hospital cardiac arrest residents “were not ideal,” according to a new study. Researchers say ...

Methods This multicenter, controlled clinical trial was conducted in 17 cities before and after advanced-life-support programs were instituted and enrolled 5638 patients who had had cardiac arrest ...

In a shift from prior guidelines and two decades’ worth of practice, a new scientific statement from the American Heart Association (AHA) suggests that for comatose survivors of cardiac arrest in whom ...

The year 2010 marks the 50th anniversary of the introduction of cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR). During these past 50 years, tremendous research has been conducted to evaluate techniques, ...

One "critically" important update is on temperature control, Writing Group Chair Jon C. Rittenberger, MD, associate professor of emergency medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. – While sudden cardiac arrest in a child or adolescent is rare — about 20,000 cases occur each year in the U.S. — the survival rate when it happens outside of a hospital is estimated to ...