When you suffer sudden cardiac arrest — not a heart attack, but a rhythm malfunction that stops the heart and prevents it from pumping blood to your brain and organs — every moment counts. First ...

A dramatic rescue in Dubai has gone viral after emergency responders successfully revived a man who suffered a sudden heart attack on a roadside.

Heart disease is the number one killer in the United States. If someone were to have a cardiac event or heart attack, would you know what to do in an emergency? Following the taping of Monday’s ...

The old-fashioned version of cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) with mouth-to-mouth and chest compressions may work better for children in cardiac arrest, a new Japanese study suggests. Since 2008, ...

Commotio cordis is a medical condition that happens when your heart suddenly stops beating (known as cardiac arrest). It usually happens due to a serious blow or injury to the chest that causes ...

"We tested different ways of giving chest compressions aboard a 'flying laboratory' which recreated the microgravity conditions that astronauts experience in space. Use of a particular type of ...

In a Swedish study of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest, bystander CPR rates nearly doubled and compression-only, or Hands-Only CPR, rates increased six-fold over the 18-year review. Compression-only and ...