Ed Howard was waiting for a COTA bus at 17th Avenue and High Street last October when he collapsed. A nurse saw him drop and started CPR. Paramedics were there within minutes and took over. Howard, 70 ...

We would all like to believe that in the event a stranger was experiencing cardiac arrest, we would not hesitate to act. However, recent statistics published in the Journal of the American Heart ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Dallas – “Push hard, push fast” next time you give CPR to someone having cardiac arrest, say new, simpler guidelines in a radical departure from past advice.

You're walking down the street and you see an adult neighbor suddenly collapse on the ground, struggling to breathe. Do you know what to do? Calling 911 for an ambulance is the best first step, but ...

DALLAS – Updating the way everyday people do CPR, new recommendations urge many more chest compressions for victims of cardiac arrest. The revised guidelines issued Monday by the American Heart ...

DEAR MAYO CLINIC: What is continuous cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR)? Does it replace the CPR I learned years ago? ANSWER: Continuous cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR), known as compression-only ...

ROCKFORD — A new method of cardiopulmonary resuscitation that the Rockford Fire Department is using on adult cardiac arrest patients saw its best results in the past five years in February. Of the ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Robert Glatter is a New York-based physician covering public health. This article is more than 7 years old. This lethal condition ...