CPR’s mouth-to-mouth resuscitation and chest compressions have saved countless lives, but the chest pumps alone may be just as effective during medical emergencies. more A Japanese study found that ...

The Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA) has newly recommended that automatic external defibrillators (AEDs) be used on female cardiac arrest patients without removing undergarments such ...

Bystanders are less likely to give life-saving CPR to women having a cardiac arrest in public than men, leading to more women dying from the common health emergency, researchers said Monday.

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Automatic chest compression devices are routinely used on Earth by doctors in restricted environments such as emergency helicopter, or where prolonged CPR needs to be carried out over a longer period ...

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A fire service is using a bespoke female CPR manikin to help "reduce hesitation in people delivering emergency care to women". Northamptonshire Fire and Rescue Service's prevention team hopes the new ...

New research has found that a type of automatic chest compression is more effective to carry out CPR in space than the ‘handstand method’ that is currently recommended in emergency protocols for ...

People are less likely to perform CPR on a woman. The American Heart Association is trying to change that. If you suffer cardiac arrest, CPR can double your chance of survival. Yet women who ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. If someone appears to be in cardiac arrest, doctors stress the importance of helping. (Getty Images) (Getty Images) Many medical ...