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 ...

According to the American Heart Association, 23,000 children suffer from cardiac arrest every year and 1 out of 7 children ...

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 ...

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 ...

PITTSBURGH (KDKA) - Ten-year-old Brady Kellerman was a healthy kid, with no major medical history, until the fourth of July of last year. "I was playing with my friends at my cousin's house, and I ...

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – News of a big delivery for some tiny recipients. And it comes during CPR Awareness Week. Wolfson Children’s Hospital and families of its smallest patients are benefitting. A ...

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 ...

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 ...

TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — A group of Tampa children learned the life-saving skill of CPR on Tuesday through an event with the American Heart Association. Everyone who attended heard from a pair of local ...

Using the CPR steps on someone who is not breathing can help keep them alive until the emergency services arrive. It is important to know when to do CPR and how to perform it. CPR works by keeping a ...

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 ...