A man who administered CPR twice in the same week has encouraged others to recognise the signs of cardiac arrest and act on them if necessary. Gym instructor David Mort, 32, from Scarborough, learned ...

Go Red for Women Day, held on Feb. 2 this year, specifically calls attention to cardiovascular health in women who are at higher risk of stroke and heart disease. According to the American Heart ...

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 ...

Reflecting evolving evidence, the recommendations for initial evaluation and stabilization after cardiac arrest, following return of circulation, continue to include 12-lead electrocardiography, with ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Bystander CPR performed within the first 5 minutes of a cardiac arrest in children can nearly double their ...

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 ...

A person's chance of surviving while receiving cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) for cardiac arrest in hospital declines rapidly from 22% after one minute to less than 1% after 39 minutes, finds a ...