The American Heart Association is encouraging parents to learn CPR to increase chances of survival for children who ...

Minimize interruptions in chest compressions before and after each shock. Resume CPR beginning with compressions immediately after each shock. Chest compressions are extremely important.

Emergency Medicine, MHA, Medical Director, Clinical & Course Coordinator - NIAC PVT LTD. One is generally required to complete 5 sets of 30 chest compressions within the time of two minutes.

Chest compressions can save lives. Watch the video above to see how. This video demonstration is intended for informational purposes only. It is not a substitute for professional medical advice ...

Chest compressions are meant to imitate the heart's function of pushing blood to organs of the body. "You're helping the heart by reacting as a pump," Mehta said. "The chest compressions allow ...

When a woman collapsed on an escalator at the Buffalo airport last June, Phil Clough knew what to do. He and another bystander put her flat on her back and checked her pulse (faint) and her ...

RESPONDERS CAN QUICKLY STRAP THE DEVICE TO A PATIENT AND BEGIN AUTOMATIC CHEST COMPRESSIONS WITHIN SECONDS. THE DEPTH HAS TO BE AT LEAST TWO INCHES, AND IT ALWAYS COMPRESSES AT THE SAME DEPTH ...

The conventional method for chest compressions doesn’t have a great success rate. Doctors are pumping it up with a high-tech plunger. By Joanne Silberner In 1988, a 65-year-old man’s heart ...