The American Heart Association today issued new guidelines on how to perform CPR. The recommendations say rescuers should focus first and foremost on chest compressions, not breathing into the ...

L. MACUNGIE TWP., Pa. - As American Heart Month comes to a close, experts say the focus on heart health shouldn't end here. Knowing the signs of trouble and learning CPR could save a life. 69 News ...

The American Heart Association re-arranged the ABCs of cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) in its 2010 American Heart Association Guidelines for Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation and Emergency ...

April is the American Red Cross’s Pet First Aid Awareness Month. What better time to go over the basics of administering CPR to your pet? Let me start by saying I hope my readers never need this ...

There’s a new order for CPR that spells C-A-B instead of A-B-C. The American Heart Association is re-arranging the ABCs of cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) in its 2010 American Heart Association ...

Over the last 40 years, the American Heart Association (AHA) has promoted the ABCs (Airway-Breathing-Chest Compressions) of CPR. 2010 guidelines released in October, however, reordered the sequence to ...

The American Heart Association is re-arranging the ABCs of cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) in its 2010 American Heart Association Guidelines for Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation and Emergency ...

October 20, 2010 — Chest compressions should be the first step in addressing cardiac arrest. Therefore, the American Heart Association (AHA) now recommends that the A-B-Cs ...

Two of the three pillars of CPR -- opening a distressed person's airway and providing mouth-to-mouth breathing -- turn out to be not so essential when it comes to saving the life of someone in cardiac ...

What is Basic Life Support (BLS)? Ever wondered what you'd do in a life-or-death situation? Basic Life Support (BLS) is like your emergency toolkit for those critical moments. It's a set of skills ...