Trisha Flaherty-Barnes lay in a Des Moines hospital bed for nearly a week in a coma. Last May, she collapsed, suffering cardiac arrest at her home. Her husband knew CPR. "A lot of times it's hard for ...

The guidelines for advanced cardiac life support (ACLS) underwent a comprehensive 5-year update in 2020, but focused updates for 2021 highlight the chain of survival, both in- and out-of-hospital, ...

The "2025 American Heart Association Guidelines for Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) and Emergency Cardiovascular Care (ECC)," published today in the journal, Circulation, marks the first full ...

DALLAS – New guidelines out Monday switch up the steps for CPR, telling rescuers to start with hard, fast chest presses before giving mouth-to-mouth. The change puts "the simplest step first" for ...

Lay responders recommended to include breaths when performing CPR on children and infants TORONTO, Oct. 22, 2025 /CNW/ - Today, Heart & Stroke released the latest five-year update to its Canadian ...

New guidance on choking in conscious children and adults recommends alternating five back blows followed by five abdominal thrusts, until the object is expelled or the person becomes unresponsive.