November 4, 2008 (Chicago, IL) — Significantly more adult patients with cardiac arrest had their heartbeats restored by emergency-medical service (EMS) personnel in Los Angeles after adoption of ...

Overturning a century of conventional medical wisdom, Japanese researchers reported Thursday that simple chest compressions without mouth-to-mouth ventilation saves twice as many heart attack victims ...

Nick Jarman is helping implement a new county standard for cardiac arrest patients in Brunswick County, and attests the training he is giving Emergency Medical Services first responders is unlike ...

News reports that highlight good Samaritans who successfully revived people who suffered a heart attack are the kind of feel-good stories that make us wonder if we’d be capable of keeping it together ...

In 2021, Mike Rossi, a 29-year veteran firefighter at the Spokane, WA, Fire Department (SFD), was in Missoula, MT, visiting family at Christmastime. Shortly after midnight on Dec. 27, his heart ...

Major changes to Maryland’s CPR protocol that are expected to reduce risk for emergency medical services and increase survival for cardiac arrest patients took effect July 1, according to a report ...

INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — Indiana University Health announced plans to implement an entirely new cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) protocol for the 20,000 medical professionals working in their ...

Columbus-based The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center partnered with the Columbus Division of Fire to develop a new CPR protocol — an effort that has increased cardiac arrest patients’ ...