Choking is one of the top five leading causes of unintentional, injury-related deaths in the U.S., according to the National Safety Council, a nonprofit safety advocacy organization focused on ...

The Heimlich maneuver was first described in the June 1974 edition of Emergency Medicine, and then later that same month in the popular press with a widely syndicated article from the Chicago Daily ...

“The guidelines also observe that one out of every 10 to 20 newborns each year needs help transitioning from the fluid-filled ...

ST. LOUIS - It’s a method of helping choking victims that just about everyone is familiar with. The Heimlich maneuver was popularized by the late Dr. Henry Heimlich in the 1970s. He made national ...

Specific recommendations made for adult, pediatric, neonatal life support; resuscitation education; systems of care.

The updated CPR guidelines from the American Heart Association include new recommendations for choking, opioid overdose ...

The American Heart Association released its first comprehensive update to CPR and Emergency Cardiovascular Care (ECC) ...

When the conventional method for choking emergencies fails there is an opportunity for a life-saving backup intervention.

Knowing how to perform CPR can mean the difference between life and death, according to Wendy Weisner, a CPR instructor with ...

The American Academy of Pediatrics and the American Heart Association (the Association), a relentless force changing the ...