As recent case histories surface, scientists debate whether a person can actually be awake and aware while cardiopulmonary resuscitation is performed on them. Share on Pinterest Cardiopulmonary ...

Collin Gates, 14, had an undiagnosed congenital heart defect that led to cardiac arrest ...

The heart has an internal electrical system that controls the rhythm of the heart. A problem in this system may cause a cardiac arrest. It may cause the heart to stop pumping blood to the brain and ...

"Does anyone here know CPR?" is a question we never want to hear. But knowing how to perform basic CPR (cardiopulmonary resuscitation) could be the difference between life or death for someone.The ...

Cardiopulmonary resuscitation, popularly known as CPR, is an emergency procedure that is performed when someone's heartbeat or breathing stops. Giving CPR on time can increase the chance of survival ...

Experts say cardiac arrest leads to a 10% chance of survival outside the hospital. With help from his wife, Keith Scott beat ...

Shortly after his sixty-seventh birthday, Ernesto Chavez retired from his job at a Los Angeles food warehouse. Sara, his wife of forty-five years, told me that he meticulously took his medications for ...

We'd all like to assume if we went into cardiac arrest in the street, someone would come to our aid. But it turns out gender can affect your chances of being resuscitated — and women are at a ...