With over 26,000 cardiac arrests occurring every year in Australia and over 76% of them occurring in the home, some of our youngest Australians are learning how to help. But why kids? It's simple.

UC San Diego medical student Brennan Marsh-Armstrong performs CPR on a test dummy at the UCSD School of Medicine Simulation Training Center on December 21, 2022. If someone you know stopped breathing, ...

Gail Bowers had just enjoyed a light lunch at home with her 64-year-old husband Jack when she noticed he wasn't breathing. When he didn't respond to her voice, she immediately called 911. It turned ...

Researchers have found that a user-friendly, 30-minute, video-based cardiopulmonary resuscitation training session is just as effective as the traditional three- to four-hour course in teaching basic ...

Plans to teach basic first aid in schools have been welcomed by the British Heart Foundation. The charity calls the move a "decisive moment in the battle to improve cardiac arrest survival rates".