Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) is a vital skill anyone can perform. It is administered to an unconscious person who is ...

Think you know how to perform CPR properly because you've seen it on TV? You probably don't, a new study has warned.

TV depictions of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest may mislead viewers about who is most likely to need cardiopulmonary ...

Pittsburgh Mayor Ed Gainey had never learned how to perform cardiopulmonary resuscitation, known as CPR, an emergency procedure to maintain the blood flow to vital organs and to restore normal heart ...

First responders at Moonlight State Beach teach CPR to members of the public as part. Partners are halfway to the goal of teaching CPR to 1 million San Diegans. (Photo courtesy of County News Center ...

You encounter someone collapsed on the sidewalk and quickly dial 911. Whether or not the operator instructs you on how to deliver cardiopulmonary resuscitation could mean life or death, especially if ...

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 ...

Television characters who experience cardiac arrest outside a hospital are more likely to receive CPR than people in real ...

While it’s probably common knowledge not to take medical information from television, a majority of shows keep getting one ...

Most dramas show characters searching for pulse and giving breaths but experts say chest compressions on their own can save lives ...