What is the purpose of CPR? The purpose of CPR is to apply pressure to an individual’s sternum (breastbone) so that the heart ...

A new study reveals that women are less likely than men to get CPR from a bystander. Researchers want to know whether it's because people are afraid to touch a woman's chest, or even take her off ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . For patients with out-of-hospital cardiac arrest, bystander CPR improved survival to hospital discharge. The ...

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

If you were to collapse from cardiac arrest in several regions of the United States and Canada, you could be enrolled, unwittingly, in a controversial clinical trial testing CPR methods. No one knows ...

Arkansas' largest ambulance service reported that the number of patients it revives from cardiac arrest has continued to rise since the agency changed its treatment protocol last year. Metropolitan ...

Women are 27% less likely than men to receive CPR from bystanders A Worthing first responder is backing a campaign to address gender inequality in life-saving treatment during cardiac arrests.