CPR’s mouth-to-mouth resuscitation and chest compressions have saved countless lives, but the chest pumps alone may be just as effective during medical emergencies. A Japanese study found that people ...

Chest compression -- not mouth-to-mouth resuscitation -- seems to be the key in helping someone recover from cardiac arrest, according to new research that further bolsters advice from heart experts.

Countless lives have been saved by the standard CPR method of 15 chest compressions for every two rescue breaths. That technique still works, but now trainers are preparing to teach CPR in a way that ...

HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) -- February is American Heart Month, and the American Heart Association (AHA) is spreading awareness of heart health and CPR education. More than 350,000 people experience ...

When someone goes into cardiac arrest, every moment counts. But many non-trained bystanders say they are uncomfortable performing conventional CPR on someone because it includes rescue breathing or ...

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (WTKR/CNN Newsource/WKRC) - An 11-year-old girl learned how to do CPR from Girl Scouts, and then used it to save her father's life less than two weeks later. 11-year-old Vada ...