National CPR & AED Awareness Week is June 1–7, and the American Red Cross is encouraging everyone to get trained in CPR and how to use an automated external defibrillator (AED).

Sudden cardiac arrest (SCA) is a medical emergency where the heart suddenly stops beating normally. It can happen to anyone, anytime, anywhere. Immediate defibrillation and high-quality CPR can ...

MedStar Health marked CPR & AED Awareness Week with its third annual training event held at Montgomery Blair High School.

June 1-7 is CPR and AED Awareness Week.

People suffering from sudden cardiac arrest are more likely to survive if cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and automated external defibrillators (AED) are used as soon as possible. However, in an ...

KYOTO, Japan — Compression-only cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) is associated with better neurological outcomes at one month when compared with conventional CPR for out-of-hospital cardiac-arrest ...

June 1–7 is National CPR & AED Awareness Week, and the Sudden Cardiac Arrest Foundation (SCAF) is encouraging individuals across the country to take simple steps that could help save a life.

The benefits of bystander CPR or use of an automatic defibrillator on a patient suffering from cardiac arrest may last for up to a year, a new study found, with the two techniques also helping to ...

Annual CPR campaign emphasizes bystander action during cardiac emergencies.

Oslo, Norway - Delaying defibrillation until preliminary CPR is performed can improve survival in patients who have had longer duration ventricular fibrillation (VF), investigators say. Their ...

Newly recruited bus drivers are now receiving CPR training as part of a growing partnership between Carousel Buses and Thames ...