Cardiac arrest is when the heart stops abruptly with little or no warning. It is often fatal. According to American Heart ...

Variations of the claim that coughing during a heart attack can increase survival chances likely go back to a message circulating in June 1999 (seen in Snopes' prior reporting) and attributed to ...

Variations of the claim that coughing during a heart attack can increase survival chances likely go back to a message circulating in June 1999 (seen in Snopes' prior reporting) and attributed to ...

Emergencies involving kids are scary, but knowing basic first aid for CPR and choking can make a huge difference.

Emergencies involving kids are scary, but knowing basic first aid for CPR and choking can make a huge difference.

CPR can help keep the heart pumping and blood flowing to vital organs until an electrical shock from a defibrillator is available to restore the heart to a normal heart rhythm. Then the patient ...

So the faster, the better.” “These defibrillators are actually automated. They read the rhythm and electrical signals of the heart, so if the heart doesn’t need a shock, it doesn’t give it,” Hunstead ...

London Ambulance Service's (LAS) call handler Terri-Anne assisted Ms Mann in keeping up the CPR rhythm by counting beats in time with chest compressions. Within minutes, paramedics - including Liz ...

Every year, more than 350,000 people go into cardiac arrest outside of a hospital in the U.S. That means their heart stops beating. Only about 40% of them get CPR from a bystander.