Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) is a vital life-saving skill, and the Irish Heart Foundation is sending CPR kits to every Transition Year student in the country THE FIRST FEW moments are critical.

One stormy evening last April, Matt Lickenbrock, a 21-year-old University of Dayton student, helped save a life: He performed cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) on a fellow student felled by a ...

Celebrity trainer, Bob Harper, experienced a heart attack at age 52. CPR saved his life. Now his mission is to have everyone CPR-certified. During one of his daily workouts in the gym, celebrity ...

The vast majority of people who go into sudden cardiac arrest in the United States don't survive. The Early Show medical correspondent Dr. Emily Senay says the American Heart Association has created ...

Every year, thousands of people's lives are saved by family members, emergency personnel and total strangers who know what to do when someone's heart and breathing stops: cardiopulmonary resuscitation ...

CPR is a lifesaving medical procedure that helps to pump blood around somebody's body when their heart can't do. You could significantly raise someone's chances of survival by doing CPR if they're in ...

IT’S shocking to find out that out of 1,400 people who suffer cardiac arrests in Northern Ireland each year – outside of hospitals – only 140 of them survive. It’s difficult to understand why only one ...

On Monday in Albany, the American Heart Association's "Hands Only CPR Tour" gave focused course on saving lives by using a very simple CPR method only using chest compressions timed to the beat of the ...

Every year, thousands of people's lives are saved by family members, emergency personnel and total strangers who know what to do when someone's heart and breathing stops: cardiopulmonary resuscitation ...

CPR is a lifesaving medical procedure that helps to pump blood around somebody's body when their heart can't do. You could significantly raise someone's chances of survival by doing CPR if they're in ...