The hospital code blue alarm is supposed to signal urgency — a rush of medical professionals fighting to pull a patient back from the brink. But in certain rooms, the performance is more muted.

When a patient is admitted to the hospital in the U.S., there’s a standard question physicians like me are supposed to ask: “If your heart stops beating, do you want us to do CPR?” On the surface, ...

Wasserman is dean’s distinguished professor in the Departments of Foundational Medical Studies and Pediatrics at Oakland University William Beaumont School of Medicine. Crutchfield is professor in the ...

Oct. 9, 2010— -- CPR using chest compression alone administered by bystanders to victims of cardiac arrest is associated with better survival than conventional CPR, a large prospective study ...

A mom is making it her mission to to save others after her son was saved by CPR. — -- A Maryland mother is hosting CPR parties to help teach CPR to members of her community so they can feel ...