Cardiopulmonary resuscitation, or CPR, is an emergency lifesaving technique that is used when a person's heart has stopped beating normally and they are unresponsive.

To perform CPR, follow these steps: Kneel by the casualty and put the heel of your hand on the middle of their chest. Correct ...

SAN ANTONIO – If someone went into cardiac arrest in front of you, would you know how to save them? That’s a question a local girl and the American Heart Association want the San Antonio community to ...

Nana Patekar was given 45 minutes of CPR and still couldn't be revived. It raises an obvious question: What is CPR, and is it really worth learning? A cardiologist explains, and the answer is yes.

"You don't learn CPR because you expect to use it," said Dr. Saket Girotra, a professor of medicine at UT Southwestern ...

June is CPR and AED Awareness Month. If you don’t know how to do CPR, now is a good time to learn. You never know when an emergency could happen. “There’s incredible data that delays in CPR will ...

When someone has a cardiac arrest, the actions of people nearby can make the difference between life and death. For years, ...

More than half of people who experience cardiac arrest outside a hospital do not receive immediate CPR, underscoring the urgent need for more widespread knowledge of how to respond when every second ...