I heard from many nurses, doctors, EMTs, and paramedics who were grateful that I had brought attention to the difficult reality that CPR may often cause more harm than good. But I also heard from ...

PITTSBURGH (KDKA) - According to the American Heart Association, 70 percent of people fail to act in emergency situations because they either don't know how to perform CPR, or they weren't trained ...

When someone goes into cardiac arrest outside a hospital -- a fatal event more than 95% of the time -- paramedics almost always use a defibrillator to shock the heart back into normal rhythm. But that ...

Recently, I wrote about the dark side of CPR. Despite a common misperception that CPR can rescue almost anyone from the brink of death, most people that receive it don't survive. Of those that do, ...

If someone young and healthy collapses, the treatment is a no-brainer. As we age or suffer serious health problems, there may come a point where... Recently, I wrote about the dark side of CPR.