A Worthing first responder is backing a campaign to address gender inequality in life-saving treatment during cardiac arrests ...

Women are 27 per cent less likely to receive CPR from bystanders during a cardiac arrest, leading to an urgent need to ...

More chest compressions from CPR and fewer shocks from a defibrillator may be better at saving lives after cardiac arrest, according to a new study. Cardiac arrest occurs when the heart is unable to ...

Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and defibrillation are crucial life-saving techniques that can greatly influence survival rates during emergencies involving sudden cardiac arrest (SCA). The ...

Sudden cardiac arrest (SCA) is a medical emergency where the heart suddenly stops beating normally. It can happen to anyone, anytime, anywhere. Immediate defibrillation and high-quality CPR can ...

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, ...

When a bystander uses a defibrillator, on top of CPR, on someone who has had a cardiac arrest, that patient's 30-day survival improves, even when an ambulance takes just 2 minutes to arrive to the ...

— George Laman wonders why nobody used the nearby portable defibrillator to restart his daughter’s heart when she died while practicing with her high school drill team. Eric Bell says he is alive ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . In a recent study, longer pauses in CPR before and after defibrillator use among patients with cardiac arrest in ...

Last season, Bills safety Damar Hamlin’s life was saved on the field thanks to the quick work of medical professionals who knew CPR and the proper use of a defibrillator. But you don’t have to be a ...