Two minutes into cardiac arrest—when the heart stops pumping and blood ceases to flow to the body's organs—brain cells begin ...

Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) is a vital skill anyone can perform. It is administered to an unconscious person who is not breathing normally.

Hands-only CPR is somehow not the norm in scripted television ...

You may want to double-check your CPR skills. While it’s probably common knowledge not to take medical information from ...

Scripted television often shows CPR performed incorrectly. This can affect how the public responds to emergency situations, ...

Few scripted TV programs demonstrate the proper way bystander CPR is meant to be performed, researchers reported Jan. 12 in ...

TV varies dramatically in informing viewers about medical emergencies, but it also teaches audiences how not to perform ...

Many TV depictions of CPR for out-of-hospital cardiac arrest not only made errors in correct technique but may skew public ...

Individuals suffering from cardiac arrest who receive bystander-initiated CPR while waiting for an ambulance to arrive have higher survival rates, according to a recent study published in the American ...

Scripted television often shows outdated CPR techniques for lay people, potentially fueling misconceptions that could delay ...

A UPMC CPR instructor is now spreading awareness with a message that could save others.

"Breathe, please just breathe! It's not your time yet, Marjorie! I can't lose you like this, not here, not now!" Such hinge ...