Cooling an adult who suffered out-of-hospital cardiac arrest with initial rhythm of ventricular fibrillation to 32° to 34° C is amongst the new, evidence based CPR guidelines put forth by the AHA.

Limited in scope pending the next CPR guidelines update, ... According to Abella, the AHA updates its CPR-management guidelines every five years, and the next time will be in 2010.

Leading heart health organizations are urging schools and parents to teach young children life-saving skills such as how to call 911 and how to administer CPR.

The AHA issued a revised guidance on January 24, 2022, stating that health care providers should put on full PPE before starting CPR on any patient with confirmed or suspected COVID-19.

The AHA just updated its guidelines, urging the nation's 911 dispatchers to instruct bystanders to use a compression-only technique to assist adults experiencing cardiac arrest, instead of the ...

KALAMAZOO, Mich. — CPR, especially when performed immediately, can double or triple the victim's chance of survival, according to the American Heart Association, or AHA. Music can save lives ...

The AHA’s BLS Heartsaver CPR AED course trains participants to give CPR and use an automated external defibrillator (AED) in a safe, timely, and effective manner. Reflects science and education from ...

What could be worse for a parent than to have an infant stop breathing? Would you know what to do? The American Heart Association can help. The heart association has ...

Through this call to action, the American Heart Association and medical equipment company Laerdal Medical aim to save 50,000 additional lives from preventable cardiac arrest death each year by 2025.

The USAG Ansbach Safety, Occupational Health Office and American Heart Association (AHA) hosted training on cardiopulmonary resuscitation, or CPR, use of an AED and basic first aid March 2 in the ...