CPR is a temporary procedure that can be used to maintain some blood flow to the brain, heart, and other vital organs until trained medical personnel are available to provide more advanced treatment.

Doctors, nurses and paramedics often fail to perform CPR correctly to restart stopped hearts, two new studies suggest. Outdated training may be part of the problem in following the strict guidelines ...

The American Heart Association recently revised its CPR guidelines concerning the need for more chest compressions between mouth-to mouth-resuscitation attempts. The old standard of 15 compressions to ...