Lorrel Toft, M.D., professor of cardiology, is helping shape national cardiovascular care through her work with the American ...

Performing cardiopulmonary resuscitation as soon as possible while waiting for an ambulance will greatly affect the survival rate. ' Clayton Dalton, a writer and emergency physician, points out that ...

CPR, which stands for cardiopulmonary resuscitation, has saved countless lives since its inception in the 1960s. For most of that history, mouth-to-mouth resuscitation—which involves tilting the ...

November 13, 2008 — Most emergency medicine physicians believe that cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) practices in the United States are not very effective, a new survey from the American College of ...

In-flight cardiac arrest is extremely rare, yet catastrophic, and responsible for up to 86% of all deaths in the air. A new ...

Flight crew members should be trained in how to use automated external defibrillators to improve survival in case of sudden, ...

Midway through unlocking the room door of an apartment at People's Park Complex, a locksmith suddenly stopped his work and ...