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

(CNN) -- CPR mannequins are getting breasts -- with the goal of saving women's lives. The so-called Womanikin is an attachment for flat-chested CPR dummies that aims to change the finding that women ...

HOUSTON The attorney for the doctor says he gave Jackson CPR on the bed, but medical experts around the country say it should be done on a hard floor. This is how CPR should be done: On a hard floor.

CAMBRIDGE - There's a group of students at MIT and Harvard banding together to save lives by improving CPR training. "There is very little female representation in the curriculum and so we thought we ...

If someone next to you collapsed right now, would you know what to do? Would you be able to give CPR? A 20-year-old in Central Florida recently survived a cardiac arrest because of CPR. Now, his ...

LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- After Gov. Jerry Brown last month signed a bill to make CPR instruction a part of high-school health classes, some Los Angeles students are getting started on the training ...

Celebrity trainer, Bob Harper, experienced a heart attack at age 52. CPR saved his life. Now his mission is to have everyone CPR-certified. During one of his daily workouts in the gym, celebrity ...