The long-held method of administering CPR will end Friday withthe introduction of a new procedure intended to save preciousseconds in emergencies by beginning the life-saving proceduresooner. Medical ...

FORT WORTH (KRLD) - The lowly bathroom plunger and a quick-thinking teenager may get the credit for a new CPR procedure. It's called Active Compression-Decompression or 'suction cup' CPR and gives the ...

It’s essential that you have some fundamental first-aid skills to be able to cope with disaster. The American Red Cross and other safety and service agencies say these are a few of the things that you ...

Travelers at Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport (DFW) can shop, snack, snooze and practice yoga while waiting for a flight. For the next six months they can also use their dwell time to learn how ...

You have a better chance than ever of surviving cardiac arrest in King County, thanks to a new resuscitation procedure now practiced by all medics here. The survival rate has increased to 46 percent ...

When cardiac arrest occurs, every second counts—but, according to a new study out of the University of Pittsburgh, the cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) techniques shown on television are misleading ...