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.

That builds on previous research that found no short-term survival differences in adult victims given compression-only CPR instead of the standard kind, which includes mouth-to-mouth resuscitation.

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 ...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - People who suffer cardiac arrest - in which the heart stops beating - were less likely to die in subsequent years when bystanders performed cardiopulmonary resuscitation ...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WAVE) - New Albany Fire has a new piece of equipment that can help save lives in a heart emergency. The LUCAS machine can be used when someone is in cardiac arrest. The machine ...

In fact, the revised recommended ratio is just two breaths per every 30 chest compressions. That's twice as many compressions as was recommended in the past. ""Just doing chest compressions can make a ...

A study led by researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis says that heart attack patients whose hearts have stopped beating and who receive cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR ...

Sten Rubertsson, M.D., Ph.D., of Uppsala University, Sweden and colleagues assessed cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) in patients. They assessed whether CPR in which chest compressions are delivered ...

Coshocton County EMS recently bought a LUCAS 3 chest compression system to provide CPR. The purchase was made via a $15,000 grant from the Coshocton Foundation. The device provides consistent and ...

You're already trembling as you call 911. Your heart is racing so fast that you have to ask the dispatcher to repeat her instructions. Every minute without a pulse drops the man's chance of survival ...