Hands-Only

Even without being a trained health care professional, the layperson can literally take charge of a situation, initiate a simple movement, called Hands-Only CPR, that can literally save a life.

Barbara Ficarra: What Pushing Hard and Fast Can Do Barbara Ficarra 2010

Watch the video from the American Heart Association to help you understand "Hands-Only CPR."

Barbara Ficarra: What Pushing Hard and Fast Can Do Barbara Ficarra 2010

While it might be frightening, you can be in charge and initiate Hands-Only CPR right away.

Barbara Ficarra: What Pushing Hard and Fast Can Do Barbara Ficarra 2010

While it might be frightening, you can be in charge and initiate Hands-Only CPR right away.

Barbara Ficarra: What Pushing Hard and Fast Can Do Barbara Ficarra 2010

Even without being a trained health care professional, the layperson can literally take charge of a situation, initiate a simple movement, called Hands-Only CPR, that can literally save a life.

Barbara Ficarra: What Pushing Hard and Fast Can Do Barbara Ficarra 2010

Watch the video from the American Heart Association to help you understand "Hands-Only CPR."

Barbara Ficarra: What Pushing Hard and Fast Can Do Barbara Ficarra 2010

NEW YORK American Heart Association Lauds Hands-Only CPR In a major change, the American Heart Association said hands-only CPR -- rapid, deep presses on the victim's chest until help arrives -- works just as well as standard cardiopulmonary resuscitation for sudden cardiac arrest in adults.

U.S. Watch 2008

So the organization's Hands-Only Web site, handsonlycpr.org/handson, now includes a brief, interactive training video that begins with a female voice asking rather coquettishly: "Which body do you most want your hands on?"

CNET News.com 2011

The American Heart Association's "Hands-Only CPR" campaign is officially in full-force.

CNET News.com 2011

"Hands-Only CPR" which looks completely different from the old rules of two breaths for every five or ten chest compressions.

Gongol.com 2010