The Institute of Medicine, a division of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, called on state and local education departments Tuesday to make CPR training a graduation ...

When Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) is administered out of the hospital by lay persons, it is associated with a two- to four-fold increase in survival. Bystanders may obtain CPR instructions from ...

March 2, 2004 — Well-meaning bystanders attempting to save the life of an adult heart attack victim with cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) are getting new instructions from 911 dispatchers until ...

A recent School of Medicine study indicated that receiving CPR instructions via cell phone boosts both CPR performance and confidence in one’s ability to carry out the procedure. Raina Merchant, ...

Ask Alexa or Siri about the weather. But if you want to save someone’s life? Call 911 for that. Voice assistants often fall flat when asked how to perform CPR, according to a study published Monday.

Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) instructions given over the phone by emergency dispatchers to lay rescuers should focus primarily on continuous chest compressions instead of the traditional ABC's ...

In a recent study published in JAMA Network Open, researchers described a comparative evaluation of four different voice assistants (VAs) for their ability to provide appropriate cardiopulmonary ...

Artificial intelligence voice assistants (VAs) programmed to guide bystanders performing cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) for patients in cardiac arrest can offer unrelated or inaccurate advice, ...

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