Learning CPR can help save someone’s life in the event of cardiac arrest. Jarvis says before starting chest compressions, check to see if the person is breathing. If the person is not breathing that ...

Using the song helps people maintain the correct rhythm when performing CPR. Interlocking your hands while doing CPR helps ...

Cardiac arrest can happen at any time — even without warning. Learning CPR and knowing your risk factors can help you act quickly and potentially save a life.

Of 4068 adult cardiac-arrest patients included, 11% received cardiac-only resuscitation from bystanders, 18% received conventional CPR with both cardiac compression and mouth-to-mouth ventilation ...

New research presented at the 2025 European Society of Cardiology Congress in Madrid, Spain, has found a more effective way ...

Nationally, 10.5% of people without trauma injuries whose pulses stopped in 2024 were later released from a hospital. It was 18.9% in Shawnee County.

AHA is working to train bystanders to become lifesavers by providing advanced education and certification courses, hoping to double the survival rate of cardiac arrest by 2030.

Fewer than half of people receive CPR when suffering cardiac arrest in public. Far less receive an AED shock despite many states requiring them to be available in public places.

The American Heart Association gave Kendrick Lamar's "Not Like Us" a shoutout for having the "perfect rate" to perform CPR compressions.

Carey Hudson has seven art displays to tell her experience with cardiac arrest and the CPR that saved her life.

Cardiac arrest is defined as a sudden stop in heart function. Essentially, the pumping function of the heart is compromised, oftentimes due to a dangerous malfunction of the heart's electrical system.