The ventilation technique, also known as rescue breathing, commonly used during cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) for people with cardiac arrest is often performed poorly by professional emergency ...

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 ...

Whites are three times more likely to survive a cardiac arrest after receiving bystander CPR than Black adults are, a new study has found. Likewise, men are twice as likely to survive after bystander ...

(CNN) — Survival rates for Black women are far worse after bystander CPR than for White men, according to a study published this month in the American Heart Association journal Circulation. The study ...

Chest compression-only CPR may be the most effective way for bystanders to assist victims of cardiac arrest, suggests a recent study from the Arizona Department of Health Services. Researchers ...

Latex mannequins are readied for incoming medical students to learn how to perform CPT at the University of Mississippi. AP ANAHEIM, Calif. — Women are less likely than men to get CPR from a bystander ...

The study found that due to male-like mannequins during CPR training, it is possible rescuers may become reluctance to perform CPR on women. Getty When compared to men, women are less likely to ...

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 ...

(HealthDayNews)—Bystander CPR saves more lives when just chest compression is performed without mouth-to-mouth resuscitation, a new study from Japan shows. Followed by use of easy-to-use publicly ...

Many children with chronic disease or serious health conditions are at risk of cardiac arrest. Teaching their parents to perform cardiopulmonary resuscitation can save kids' lives and prevent brain ...