The sooner a lay rescuer (bystander) starts cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) on a person having a cardiac arrest at home or in public, up to 10 minutes after the arrest, the better the chances of ...

The American Heart Association and the American Academy of Pediatrics update recommendations for untrained lay rescuers and trained rescuers resuscitating adults and children who have drowned.

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Before he was born, young Reuben Foster was diagnosed with hypoplastic left heart syndrome (HLHS), a condition in which the ...

The sooner a lay rescuer (bystander) starts cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) on a person having a cardiac arrest at home ...

Updated guidance reaffirms the recommendation for cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and highlights the importance of compressions with rescue breaths as a first step in responding to cardiac arrest ...

The American Heart Association and the American Academy of Pediatrics update recommendations for untrained lay rescuers ...

This page provides an overview of resources and tools developed by NHS England and other partners with the aim to improve cardiac arrest survival outcomes. It has been designed to help all ...

The guidelines also include a section on the "drowning chain of survival," which includes prevention, recognition of a person in distress ... use of an automated external defibrillator (AED) in ...