Almost one in three people you walk past today would not perform CPR on you if your heart stopped in the street. A survey by the British Heart Foundation has found only 70 per cent of people say they ...

A CARDIAC arrest is a fatal emergency, where acting fast could be the difference between life and death. Here we provide a step by step guide to performing CPR – with tips on how to administer it ...

One in eight heart attack victims die each year due to poor levels of CPR training in the UK population, a study by a team at Warwick University found. Survival rates were said to be almost zero if ...

Mrs Dodd said she was "one of the lucky ones", because she had been first aid-trained in her job as a primary school teacher.

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THOUSANDS of people die every year because bystanders are not carrying out life-saving CPR on cardiac arrest victims before emergency services arrive. Charity boss Simon Gillespie said it was ...

The parents of a newborn baby who died during cardiac arrest have thrown their support behind a new book – aimed at teaching parents CPR. Noah Swales was just three days old when he died, after ...

LEXINGTON, Ky. (WKYT) - The spring before his freshman year, Kentucky offensive lineman Kenneth Horsey underwent open-heart surgery. He is now back to full strength, but his road to recovery hasn’t ...

If a person has collapsed and does not appear to be breathing normally or at all, then CPR (cardiopulmonary resuscitation) could help save their life before emergency healthcare professionals arrive ...

It’s a sad reality that women who go into cardiac arrest are less likely to receive resuscitation from bystanders than men, and are more likely to die as a result. While researchers believe this is ...

Mannequins used to practice life-saving CPR aren't diverse enough, doctors have claimed. Researchers want to ditch the reliance on default 'lean white male' models. Doing so will help overcome 'bias' ...

"Without CPR training Adam wouldn't be here and it would be a very different life that we're living," Ms Dodd told Radio Manchester. "It was really important and lucky that I knew what I was doing," ...