HealthDay News — Guidance has been updated for cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and emergency cardiovascular care, as presented in articles published online Oct. 22 in Circulation.

White adults are three times more likely to survive cardiac arrest after receiving bystander CPR than Black adults are, a new study found. Likewise, men are twice as likely to survive after bystander ...

CPR guidelines for children call for cycles of 30 chest compressions at 100 to 120 compressions per minute, followed by two breaths, researchers said. For the new study, researchers reviewed data for ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. Retired firefighter and CPR expert Wardell ...

If someone went into cardiac arrest in front of you, would you know how to save them? That’s a question a local girl and the ...

Different than a heart attack, a cardiac arrest is a life-threatening medical emergency where the heart suddenly stops beating. If you're ever on hand when this happens, knowing how to do CPR can help ...

FIRST AID CLASS, day-long course includes adult, infant and child CPR, basic first aid and new training for automated external defibrillators, 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Oct. 13, Nov. 10 or Dec. 8, Fauquier ...

The heart beats rhythmically, and so does a metronome. So it makes sense that a metronome, typically used by musicians to help keep a steady beat, could help medical professionals restart a heart. For ...