DALLAS (Reuters) - More CPR, less shock: that is the new directive issued by the American Heart Association on Monday for emergency workers helping victims of cardiac arrest. Sign up here. Tests show ...

March 18, 2003 — Performing CPR before defibrillation for out-of-hospital ventricular fibrillation has no advantage if the delay to shock is less than five minutes, according to the results of a ...

This Saturday, June 3, is the Compress and Shock Foundations’ annual free CPR and AED Educational Day. The organization is specifically focusing on communities that are underserved and don’t have ...

ROANOKE, Va. (WDBJ) - The Centers for Disease Control estimates there are more than 1,000 people who go into cardiac arrest each day around the United States. 90% of those incidents result in death.

RICHMOND, Va. -- Cardiac arrest can be a terrifying thing to experience. Today, Dr. Jack Perkins, Executive Director of Compress and Shock Foundation joined us to share more about how to navigate the ...

Coaches and nurses used CPR and an AED, following device prompts until paramedics arrived.