Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) is a vital skill anyone can perform. It is administered to an unconscious person who is not breathing normally. More than 70% of out-of-hospital cardiac arrests ...

TV varies dramatically in informing viewers about medical emergencies, but it also teaches audiences how not to perform ...

According to a study released by the Resuscitation Science Symposium, men are more likely to receive bystander CPR in public locations compared to women. The AHA is the leader in resuscitation science ...

Buffalo Bills safety Damar Hamlin collapsed during Monday night's game against the Cincinnati Bengals, where he laid down on the field for roughly ten minutes while medical professionals administered ...

Alex Hogan is STAT’s senior multimedia producer and host of STATus Report, STAT’s weekly video series. You can follow him on Bluesky. A doctor “pretending” to do CPR on a patient might seem like an ...

Scripted television often shows CPR performed incorrectly. This can affect how the public responds to emergency situations, ...