Medscape

Cardiocerebral Resuscitation for Patients in Sudden Cardiac Arrest

IIf you ask many older physicians in emergency medicine what "CCR" stands for, they might talk to you about a rock band that was popular in the 1960s and 1970s that still gets some play on the "oldies ...
Medscape

Resuscitation More Likely With Faster Time to Head-Up CPR

A preliminary study of adults who experienced out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) and received cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) that included the use of a device to elevate the head and thorax ...
Mental Floss

Does CPR Still Require Mouth-to-Mouth Resuscitation?

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 ...
CNN

Patient remains awake for 90 minutes of CPR, doctor says

CPR should be initiated as soon as possible for those without a pulse Survival is 2 to 3 times more likely if resuscitation is performed in a hospital setting A man undergoing cardiopulmonary ...
Medical Xpress

First-ever analysis of video recorded CPR improves resuscitation outcomes in emergency departments

Less than 8 percent of people who suffer from cardiac arrest outside of the hospital survive the incident, according to the American Heart Association. To improve survivorship and better administer ...
TCTMD

Hands-Only CPR Linked With Significant Increase in Bystander Resuscitation in Sweden

NEW ORLEANS, LA—Adoption of compression-only CPR in Sweden in 2011 has significantly increased the likelihood that bystanders will step in to perform chest compressions for someone experiencing ...
Newsweek

Even the Untrained Can Save Lives With New CPR Guidelines

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. The American Heart Association today issued new guidelines on how to ...
Philippine News Agency

Nationwide CPR training drive draws thousands in bid to save lives

The Philippine Heart Association (PHA) launched its nationwide cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) awareness campaign on ...
The Malta Independent

Resuscitation Council calls for CPR to become compulsory in schools

The Malta Resuscitation Council has called for a national policy that would make life-saving training a standard part of education, saying that CPR should be embedded in the National Curriculum to ...
Medical Xpress

Resuscitation methods popular on TV shows are not effective alternative to CPR, researchers demonstrate

A technique frequently portrayed in dramatic resuscitation scenes in television and film is among several alternative methods to CPR that have shown no benefit in saving lives in a review by ...
The Manila Times on MSN

CPR training initiative launched in Cebu

CEBU CITY — More than 1,000 members of the Coast Guard Auxiliary, barangay health workers, local government employees and ...