University of Pittsburgh researchers analyzing 169 scripted TV episodes found inaccurate CPR depictions are common, ...

Sudden cardiac arrest is the leading cause of death in young athletes, often caused by an undiagnosed heart condition.

Every year, more than 350,000 people go into cardiac arrest outside of a hospital setting in the United States. CPR, or ...

The margin between life and death can be just minutes, sometimes seconds, and bystander CPR can make all the difference.

A study of more than 17,238 out-of-hospital cardiac arrest patients found that nearly all survivals were achieved within 35 minutes of performing cardiopulmonary respiration and that there was little ...

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

The mission is personal for students after the death of a young classmate at freshman orientation. But the late teen's spirit ...

A new app launching in the metro alerts users when someone nearby is in cardiac arrest, helping bystanders step in and ...