He remembers waking up as she had a heart attack. His use of chest compression rather than traditional CPR is credited with helping her survive.

Preparing for long-term space travel means planning for medical emergencies in microgravity, sometimes with machines stepping ...

In standard chest-compression CPR, which has been in practice since the 1960s, the rescuer pushes on the chest and blows into the subject's mouth twice for every 30 chest compressions. However, the ...

Tokyo, Japan - A new study has shown that for bystander cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR), the use of chest compressions alone without mouth-to-mouth ventilation is the preferable method for ...

Dr. Ewy says, “It is interesting that Continuous-Chest-Compression CPR, a technique that has not been advocated or taught and is most often performed by individuals not trained in CPR, results ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Hands-only CPR -- the continuous chest compressions technique -- was developed by Drs. Karl Kern and Gordon Ewy, cardiologists at the University of Arizona. A study published in ...

Zero-gravity study shows chest compression devices deliver effective CPR, outperforming manual methods and supporting ...

Performing CPR on a space station in microgravity involves doing a handstand on a person's chest and pushing against the ...

TUCSON, Ariz. — Victims of cardiac arrest were twice as likely to survive when given continuous chest compressions by bystanders, according to a study released Sunday by two Arizona researchers.

In contrast, the favorable neurological survival rate in those who received chest compressions and mouth-to-mouth breathing was only 11.2 percent.

In standard chest-compression CPR, which has been in practice since the 1960s, the rescuer pushes on the chest and blows into the subject's mouth twice for every 30 chest compressions.