CPR for children consists of cycles of 30 chest compressions, at 100-120 compressions per minute, followed by two breaths. For adults, bystander CPR administered within 10 minutes after cardiac arrest ...

Initiating CPR within the first five minutes after cardiac arrest can nearly double the chances of survival for children, according to preliminary research analyzing data for more than 10,000 children ...

Intensive care nursery clinical nurse Elise M. Beer, BSN, RN, demonstrates CPR on an infant manikin from the Infant CPR Anytime kit. Dartmouth Health Children’s recently received a donation of 500 ...

We all hope we'll never be put in the position of having to save a child's life, but it could happen. Children test their physical limits and get caught in all kinds of dangerous situations. They ...

Different than a heart attack, a cardiac arrest is a life-threatening medical emergency where the heart suddenly stops beating. If you're ever on hand when this happens, knowing how to do CPR can help ...

Wolfson Children's Hospital received life-saving educational devices for parents on Tuesday. The First Coast's American Heart Association delivered 75 infant CPR training kits. They will be used by ...

MADISON (WKOW) - Community members got a chance to learn how to save children and infants in an emergency on Wednesday. The EMS Team at SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital-Madison held a demonstration on ...

On Wednesday, the American Heart Association, the European Resuscitation Council and the International Liaison Committee on Resuscitation published a scientific statement in the journal Circulation ...

LEXINGTON, Ky. (WKYT) - Health experts are pushing for parents to teach their children important life-saving skills. They say children as young as four should learn hands-only CPR. “If there is an ...

The Palm Beach Day Academy recently hosted a free workshop to teach cardiopulmonary resuscitation, or CPR, to area families. The two-hour CPR certification course, which took place April 18 at the ...

Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) performed within five minutes of a child's heart stopping nearly doubled their chances of survival, according to preliminary research to be presented at the ...