Pushing on the chest to simulate the heart’s rhythmic pumping action is an essential part of cardiopulmonary resuscitation after cardiac arrest. In recent decades, manufacturers have developed several ...

Old-fashioned CPR is getting a makeover. Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (search) is crucial when people collapse with cardiac arrest, but it's hard to perform correctly. Now major efforts are under way ...

Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) is an emergency procedure that combines chest compressions often with artificial ventilation in an effort to manually preserve intact brain function until further ...