On his second lap around the field on June 14, he collapsed. At age 14, Beckett was in cardiac arrest. "I don't ...

A new app aimed at building the confidence of school pupils in using defibrillators and carrying out CPR has been launched.

New research shows that bystander CPR can substantially improve a person's odds of surviving a cardiac arrest while avoiding ...

as early lay responder CPR has been shown to improve outcomes of drowning. The writing group recommends that an automated ...

A defibrillator is a device that is used to give an electric shock to the heart of someone who is suffering a cardiac arrest. They are used - alongside resuscitation or CPR - to give the best ...

It’s well-known that bystanders are less likely to give CPR or use defibrillators on women if they experience a cardiac emergency in public. Between 2005 and 2015, just 61% of women who had a ...

Additionally, those who received CPR within two minutes of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest had an 81 percent higher rate of survival up to release from the hospital. They also had a 95 percent higher ...

The sooner a lay rescuer (bystander) starts cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) on a person having a cardiac arrest at home or in public, up to 10 minutes after the arrest, the better the chances of ...

Only half of U.S. residents trained to perform CPR or stop serious bleeding Bystander CPR, defibrillator critical for survival in cardiac arrest Steiglis' team drew on data from an ongoing study ...

Updated guidance reaffirms the recommendation for cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and highlights the importance of compressions with rescue breaths as a first step in responding to cardiac arrest ...

“The delay in bringing the defibrillator onto the field of play to assist in the resuscitation of Antonio wasted vital ...

THE FIRE and ambulance services are working together through a partnership with the British Heart Foundation to equip people ...