Under usual circumstances, cardiopulmonary resuscitation, or CPR, is provided to inpatients unless they have a do-not-resuscitate order on file, but the COVID-19 pandemic has changed considerations ...

Dear Doctor: A few years ago, you had a column about why it's important to know CPR. My boyfriend took the Red Cross class, and he actually ended up helping someone once. But what about now, during ...

The coronavirus is impacting how first responders handle medical emergencies. “We have goggles, N95 masks, gowns, gloves,” said Justin Fleming of the Huntington Beach Fire Department. “That’s a little ...

The proportion of children receiving RB-CPR fell markedly during the COVID-19 and post-COVID-19 period (2022–2023), indicating no recovery in the implementation rate of rescue breathing even in the ...

DALLAS, Nov. 11, 2024 — Out-of-hospital cardiac arrest survival rates dropped significantly at the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020 and have continued to remain lower than in the pre-pandemic ...