More than 800 Grand Rapids Public Schools students will learn hands-only CPR this year with the help of new kits provided by ...

Hands-only CPR is somehow not the norm in scripted television ...

Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) is a vital skill anyone can perform. It is administered to an unconscious person who is not breathing normally.

Two minutes into cardiac arrest—when the heart stops pumping and blood ceases to flow to the body's organs—brain cells begin ...

Recently, I wrote about the dark side of CPR. Despite a common misperception that CPR can rescue almost anyone from the brink of death, most people that receive it don't survive. Of those that do, ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Bystander CPR up to 10 minutes after a cardiac arrest can improve survival odds and brain function. Odds of ...

CPR, which stands for cardiopulmonary resuscitation, has saved countless lives since its inception in the 1960s. For most of that history, mouth-to-mouth resuscitation—which involves tilting the ...

Scripted television often shows outdated CPR techniques for lay people, potentially fueling misconceptions that could delay ...

Many TV depictions of CPR for out-of-hospital cardiac arrest not only made errors in correct technique but may skew public ...

Checking for a pulse and giving rescue breaths are just some of the ways TV inaccurately depicts CPR for sudden cardiac ...

Individuals who experience out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) with nonshockable presentations have a better chance of survival when first responders use a novel CPR approach that includes gradual ...

TV shows portray CPR incorrectly in most episodes, spreading outdated methods that discourage lifesaving action.