The American Heart Association’s 2025–2026 CPR and Emergency Cardiovascular Care updates, effective March 1, 2026, introduce a unified Chain of Survival, new choking protocols, refined CPR metrics, ...

“Push hard, push fast” next time you give CPR to someone having cardiac arrest, say new, simpler guidelines in a radical departure from past advice. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited ...

For the first time since 2020, the American Heart Association has updated its CPR guidelines, introducing several key changes. The new guidance includes updated recommendations for responding to ...

DALLAS — New guidelines out Monday switch up the steps for CPR, telling rescuers to start with hard, fast chest presses before giving mouth-to-mouth. The change puts "the simplest step first" for ...

DALLAS – “Push hard, push fast” next time you give CPR to someone having cardiac arrest, say new, simpler guidelines in a radical departure from past advice.Putting the emphasis on chest compressions ...

DALLAS — “Push hard, push fast” if you give CPR to someone suffering cardiac arrest, say new, simpler guidelines in a radical departure from past advice. Putting the emphasis on chest compressions ...

San Francisco -- Two of the three pillars of CPR -- opening a distressed person's airway and providing mouth-to-mouth breathing -- turn out to be not so essential when it comes to saving the life of ...

Hands-only cardiopulmonary resuscitation is recommended by the American Heart Association, but it may not be the best way to save lives if more sophisticated medical care is slow in coming, according ...

The American Heart Association last week issued new CPR guidelines for healthcare workers as the COVID-19 pandemic heads into its third year. The new guidelines say healthcare workers who are ...